Disclosed is a method of producing an optically active fluorinated oxetane, which can be an important pharmaceutical or agricultural intermediate, by reaction of a fluorinated α-keto ester with an acyl alkenyl ether in the presence of a transition metal complex with an optically active ligand. This method utilizes a catalytic asymmetric synthesis process and does not require a stoichiometric amount of chiral source. It is thus possible to dramatically reduce the amount of use of the asymmetric catalyst especially when the reaction is performed at a high concentration of substrate (with the use of a small amount of reaction solvent) or in the absence of a reaction solvent (under neat conditions). Further, the target optically active fluorinated oxetane can be obtained with high yield and with very high optical purity. The product contains almost no difficult-to-separate impurity and shows high chemical purity.
本发明揭示了一种制备光学活性
氟代
氧杂环的方法,该
氧杂环可作为重要的制药或农业
中间体,通过在具有光学活性
配体的过渡
金属配合物存在下,将
氟代α-
酮酯与酰基
烯基醚反应。该方法利用催化不对称合成过程,不需要手性源的
化学计量量,因此在反应底物浓度较高(使用少量反应溶剂)或在无反应溶剂的情况下(在干燥的条件下)进行反应时,可以显著减少对不对称
催化剂的使用量。此外,目标光学活性
氟代
氧杂环可高产率地获得,并具有非常高的光学纯度。该产品几乎不含有难以分离的
杂质,并显示出高
化学纯度。