Asymmetric synthesis of tetrahydrolipstatin and valilactone
摘要:
The highly diastereoselective aldol reaction between acyl complexes of the iron chiral auxiliary [(eta(5)-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)] and beta-hydroxy aldehydes (obtained via a Noyori asymmetric hydrogenation), followed by a tandem oxidative decomplexation-cyclisation process gives access to beta-substituted and alpha,beta-disubstituted beta-lactones in high ee. This methodology has been employed in the asymmetric syntheses of tetra hydrolipstatin and valilactone. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Catalysts and methods for the double carbonylation of epoxides are disclosed. Each epoxide molecule reacts with two molecules of carbon monoxide to produce a succinic anhydride. The reaction is facilitated by catalysts combining a Lewis acidic species with a transition metal carbonyl complex. The double carbonylation is achieved in single process by using reaction conditions under which both carbonylation reactions occur without the necessity of isolating or purifying the product of the first carbonylation.
Asymmetric [2 + 2] cycloaddition of ketene with the aldehydes 1aâg, catalysed by 10 mol% of C2-symmetric bissulfonamide 2aâcâR3Al complexes afforded optically active 4-substituted oxetan-2-ones 3aâg in up to 74% enantiomeric excess.
Cationic palladium(ii) complex-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloaddition and tandem cycloaddition–allylic rearrangement of ketene with aldehydes: an improved synthesis of sorbic acid
Cationic palladium(II) complexes [PdL2(PhCN)2](BF4)2 efficiently catalyze the [2 + 2] cycloaddition of ketene with aldehydes to give the corresponding oxetan-2-ones, among which 4-vinyl-substituted ones are further isomerized under the conditions to give 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-ones in good yields.
Practical β-Lactone Synthesis: Epoxide Carbonylation at 1 atm
作者:John W. Kramer、Emil B. Lobkovsky、Geoffrey W. Coates
DOI:10.1021/ol061292x
日期:2006.8.1
text] A readily prepared bimetallic catalyst is capable of effecting epoxide carbonylation to produce beta-lactones at substantially lower CO pressures than previously reported catalyst systems. A functionally diverse array of beta-lactones is produced in excellent yields at CO pressures as low as 1 atm. This procedure allows for epoxide carbonylation on a multigram scale without the requirement of specialized
Novel substituted dioxanones obtained from (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid, for example 2,2-dimethoxy-6-methyl-1,3-dioxan-4-one, a method for their preparation and processes using the dioxanones as starting material. The dioxanones can be used in particular as intermediates in the preparation of (S)-4-methyl-.beta.-butyrolactone.