microwave (MW) assisted fluorination of 1-arylethanones to their corresponding 1-aryl-2-fluoroethanones has been developed. The first step utilises Selectfluor™ as a fluorinating agent in methanol forming 1-aryl-2-fluoroethanones and their corresponding dimethyl acetals. In the second step, water is added and Selectfluor™ acts as a Lewis acid in the hydrolytic cleavage of the dimethyl acetals. Compared to
The external quenching method based on flowmicroreactors allows the generation and use of short‐lived fluoro‐substituted methyllithium reagents, such as fluoromethyllithium, fluoroiodomethyllithium, and fluoroiodostannylmethyllithium. Highly chemoselective reactions have been developed, opening new opportunities in the synthesis of fluorinated molecules using fluorinated organometallics.
para-Substituted alpha-fluoroacetophenones have been synthesised by three different routes. Electrophilic fluorination of trimethylsilyl enol ethers of acetophenones using Selectfluor (F-TEDA-BF4, 1-chloromethyl-4-fluoro- 1,4-diazoniabicyclo[ 2.2.2]octane bis-(tetrafluoroborate)) gave high to moderate yield depending on the electronic properties of the substituents. F-TEDA-BF4 mediated fluorination of acetophenones in methanol resulted in a mixture of alpha-fluoroacetophenones and the corresponding 2-fluoro- 1,1 -dimethyl acetals. The dimethyl acetals were hydrolysed using trifluoroacetic acid in water to maximise the yield of the product. Nucleophilic fluorination of alpha-bromoacetophenones using tetrabutylammoniurn hydrogen bifluoride (TBABF) led to moderate yield when having electron-donating substituents, whereas low yields were experienced when more electron-withdrawing substituents were introduced. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Asymmetric reduction using (R)-MeCBS and determination of absolute configuration of para-substituted 2-fluoroarylethanols
The asymmetric reduction of eight alpha-fluoroacetophenones has been investigated using (R)-MeCBS as a catalyst in various media. Based on a solvent screen, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, diethyl ether and dichloromethane were used in reductions of the alpha-fluoroacetophenones. The enantiomeric excess of the products depended oil the solvent and the electronic character of the aromatic substituents. Higher enantioselectivity and less solvent dependency were observed in the reduction of substrates bearing electron donating substituents, whereas the opposite was the case for reduction of the substrates with electron withdrawing substituents. The (R)-2-fluoro-1-arylethanols were obtained with enantiomeric excesses in the range of 91-99% using 1,2-dimethoxyethane as a solvent. Six of the alcohols produced are new chemical entities. The absolute configurations of the (R)-2-fluoro-1-arylethanols were determined by circular dichroism using the exciton chirality method of tile (S)-benzoate esters of the alcohols. The (S)-benzoate esters were obtained by lipase-catalysed resolution using Novozym 435. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All Fights reserved.
Ruthenium-catalysed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of para-substituted α-fluoroacetophenones
作者:Erik Fuglseth、Eirik Sundby、Bård H. Hoff
DOI:10.1016/j.jfluchem.2009.03.011
日期:2009.6
The first examples of asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of alpha-fluoroacetophenones are reported. Eight para-substituted a-fluoroacetophenones have been reduced using four catalytic systems constructed of [RuCl2(p-cymene)(2)](2) or [RuCl2(mesitylene)(2)](2) in combinations with each of the ligands (1R,2R)-N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine ((R,R)-TsDPEN) and (1R,2R)-N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,2cyclohexanediamine ((R,R)-TsCYDN). All reactions were performed in both water and formic acid/triethylamine. The highest enantioselectivity was obtained using the (R,R)-TsDPEN ligand in a formic acid/triethylamine mixture, giving the (S)-1-aryl-2-fluoroethanols in high to moderate enantiomeric excess (97.5-84.5%). For this solvent system the presence of electron withdrawing groups in the para position reduced the enantioselectivity. Reactions performed in water generally gave lower enantioselectivity and reaction rate, although RuCl(mesitylene)-(R,R)-TsDPEN yielded the product alcohols with enantiomeric excess in the range of 95.5-76.5%. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.