Regiochemical control of the ring opening of 1,2-epoxides by means of chelating processes. 5. Synthesis and reactions of some 2,3-epoxy-1-alkanol derivatives
作者:Marco Chini、Paolo Crotti、Lee A. Flippin、Cristina Gardelli、Elena Giovani、Franco Macchia、Mauro Pineschi
DOI:10.1021/jo00057a040
日期:1993.2
In order to study the effect of a remote polar functionality on the regiochemistry of the ring opening of aliphatic epoxides, the synthesis and some nucleophilic additions (methanolysis, azidolysis, and aminolysis) of suitable 2,3-epoxy-1-alkanol derivatives (epoxides trans-1a-d and cis-2) were carried out. The C-3 selectivity commonly observed when nonchelating ring opening conditions are used is lower than when the epoxides are allowed to react in the presence of metal ions (Li+, Mg2+, Zn2+) due to the probable intervention of bidentate-chelated intermediates in the latter case, and in some instances an almost complete C-3 regioselection is obtained. Under identical conditions involving chelation control, trans epoxide la shows higher C-3 selectivity than cis isomer 2. A free hydroxyl functionality is not necessary in order to observe chelation-controlled regioselectivity in the epoxides that we examined.