Straightforward Synthesis of Chiral Terpenoid Building Blocks by Ru-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation
作者:Johal Ruiz、Philippe Oger、Laurent Soulère、Florence Popowycz
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.1c00677
日期:2021.7.16
Starting from commercially available (R)- and (S)-β-citronellol, two strategies were designed to synthesize all four stereoisomers of 2,6-dimethyloctane monoterpene chirons in four or five steps in 32–47% overall yield. The desired fragments were obtained by a key Ru-catalyzed asymmetric olefin hydrogenation step under moderate temperature (50 °C), pressure (4 bar), and low catalyst loadings (0.5 mol
从市售的 ( R )- 和 ( S )-β-香茅醇开始,设计了两种策略,以 32-47% 的总产率分四步或五步合成 2,6-二甲基辛烷单萜 chirons 的所有四种立体异构体。在中等温度 (50 °C)、压力 (4 bar) 和低催化剂负载 (0.5 mol%) 下,在优化条件下,通过关键的 Ru 催化的不对称烯烃氢化步骤获得所需的片段。筛选市售催化剂突出了 DM-SEGPHOS 作为经济上有利的替代品,可替代常用的 H8-BINAP 以获得相同的性能。这些结果为这些有用构建块的多功能和可扩展合成开辟了新的可能性。