Chiral Synthesis via Organoboranes. 40. Selective Reductions. 55. A Simple One-Pot Synthesis of the Enantiomers of Trifluoromethyloxirane. A General Synthesis in High Optical Purities of .alpha.-Trifluoromethyl Secondary Alcohols via the Ring-Cleavage Reactions of the Epoxide
作者:P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran、Baoqing Gong、Herbert C. Brown
DOI:10.1021/jo00106a012
日期:1995.1
An extremely efficient one-pot asymmetric synthesis of either enantiomer of (trifluoramethyl)oxirane (3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-epoxypropane, 4) in 64% yield and 96% ee has been achieved via the asymmetric reduction of the commercially available 1-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanone with either (+)- or (-)-B-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane (Aldrich: DIP-Chloride), followed by ring closure of the intermediate chloroborinate, IpcBCl[OCH(CH2Br)CF3]. The ring cleavage reactions of 4 provide a general synthesis of chiral trifluoromethyl carbinols without loss of optical activity. Thus we have synthesized 1-amino-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, 1-azido-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, 1-(diethylamino)3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, 1-cyano-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-propanol, 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-octanol, 1-phenyl-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, 1-ethoxy-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, and 1,2-dihydroxy-3,3,3-trifluorapropane, in 61-88% yields and in 96% ee by the cleavage of 4 with the appropriate nucleophile.