An efficient, economic and environmentally friendly enantioselectiveoxidation of racemic benzoins (alpha-hydroxy ketones) catalyzed by a chiral iron complex has been developed using molecular oxygen as a terminal oxidant with good selectivity and excellent enantiomeric excess.
GO for it! An enantiopure galactoseoxidase (GO) enzyme model has been synthesized from readily available (R)‐binam and Cu(OTf)2 (see scheme; TEMPO=2,2,6,6‐tetramethyl‐piperidin‐1‐oxyl), and has been effectively used as an efficient chiral catalyst for the oxidative kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols. This is the first chiral copper‐catalyzed oxidative kinetic resolution of racemic benzoins and
大胆试试吧!对映纯半乳糖氧化酶(GO)酶模型已从现成的(R)-比纳姆和Cu(OTf)2(参见方案; TEMPO = 2,2,6,6-四甲基-哌啶-1-氧)合成,并且已有效地用作仲醇的氧化动力学拆分的有效手性催化剂。这是外消旋安息香的第一个手性铜催化的氧化动力学拆分,也是合成高度重要的对映体富集的安息香的最简单方法。
Solvent-Free Benzoin and Stetter Reactions with a Small Amount of NHC Catalyst in the Liquid or Semisolid State
The intermolecular or intramolecular asymmetric benzoin reaction was catalyzed by a small amount of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) (0.2–1 mol %) under solvent-free conditions. The solvent-free intramolecular asymmetric Stetterreaction also proceeded efficiently with NHC (0.2–1 mol %). In some cases, even solid-to-solid or solid-to-liquid conversions took place with low catalyst loading (0.2–1 mol %)
Chiral Zn-catalyzed aerobic oxidative kinetic resolution of α-hydroxy ketones
作者:Pandi Muthupandi、Govindasamy Sekar
DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2011.02.025
日期:2011.3
The aerobic oxidative kinetic resolution of racemic alpha-hydroxy ketones was accomplished using a chiral Zn-quinine complex as the catalyst in the presence of molecular oxygen. The resulting optimized reaction conditions were applied to resolute different types of racemic alpha-hydroxy ketones and a maximum of 9.2 selectivity (s) was obtained with 88% ee for the recovered alpha-hydroxy ketone. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Benzoin Reaction in Water
A chiral N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed benzoin condensation reaction in water has been developed, affording α-hydroxy ketones in good to high yields and high enantioselectivities. Water was proposed as a proton shuttle in the aqueous asymmetric condensation reaction.