Asymmetric [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction catalyzed by a chiral titanium reagent
摘要:
In the presence of certain Lewis acids, alkenes containing an alkylthio group (for example, ketene dithioacetals, alkenyl sulfides, alkynyl sulfides, and allenyl sulfides) react with electron deficient olefins to give the corresponding cyclobutane, cyclobutene, or methylene cyclobutane derivatives. By employing a chiral titanium catalyst generated in situ from dichlorodiisopropoxytitanium and a tartrate-derived chiral diol, the [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction proceeds with high enantioselectivity.
This invention relates to a cyclobutane derivative represented by the following general formula (I):
wherein X represents a group represented by the formula
(wherein R¹ represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an aryl-substituted alkyl group wherein the alkyl group has 1 to 5 carbon atoms;
R² represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a protected hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a protected carboxyl group; and
R³ and R⁴ independently represent each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a protected hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an aryl-substituted alkoxy group wherein the alkoxy group has 1 to 5 carbon atoms; or
alternately R³ and R⁴ are bound together to thereby form a 3- to 30-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring);
A represents an optionally substituted polymethylene group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms;
Y represents an oxygen or a sulfur atom; and
Z represents an optionally substituted methylene group or an oxygen or a sulfur atom;
which is expected to be useful as reagents, drugs, agricultural chemicals and perfumes as well as an intermediate for the preparation thereof.
In the presence of certain Lewis acids, alkenes containing an alkylthio group (for example, ketene dithioacetals, alkenyl sulfides, alkynyl sulfides, and allenyl sulfides) react with electron deficient olefins to give the corresponding cyclobutane, cyclobutene, or methylene cyclobutane derivatives. By employing a chiral titanium catalyst generated in situ from dichlorodiisopropoxytitanium and a tartrate-derived chiral diol, the [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction proceeds with high enantioselectivity.