Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary 2-Substituted 5-Oxotetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic Acids
作者:Margus Lopp、Anne Paju、Karolin Oja、Katharina Matkevitš、Priit Lumi、Ivar Järving、Tõnis Pehk
DOI:10.3987/com-13-s(s)28
日期:——
3-Substituted 1,2-cyclopentanediones 1 were transformed to 2-substituted 5-oxotetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acids 2 using a catalytic process with 0.2-0.3 equivalent of Ti(OiPr)(4)/tartaric ester/tBuO0H complex in up to 72% isolated yield and up to 94% ee. Different functional groups in the 3-alkyl substituent of 1 like, hydroxy, ether, Boc-amino and ester groups are tolerated. Boc-aminomethyl substitu.ents lead to beta-amino acid analogues and Boc-aminoethyl substituent to gamma-amino acid analogues as well as spiro-lactonelactams. A direct, two-step procedure for homocitric acid synthesis is described.