Organolithium reagents effect a regioselective SN2 nucleophilic cleavage of α,β-ethylenic epoxides only when BF3·Et2O is added. The reaction works with a variety of RLi reagents and with cyclic as well as acyclic epoxides.
The use of trialkylorganozincates and tetraalkylaluminates allows regioselective SN2 nucleophilic opening of vinylic epoxides. The reaction occurs with an anti-substitution pattern and can be applied to a wide range of substrates. We also show that the solvent and the structure of the epoxide have an influence on the substitution products ratio.
Stereoselective Ring Expansion of Vinyl Oxiranes: Mechanistic Insights and Natural Product Total Synthesis
作者:Matthew Brichacek、Lindsay A. Batory、Jon T. Njardarson
DOI:10.1002/anie.200906830
日期:2010.2.22
applicable, catalytic, and stereoselective vinyl oxirane ringexpansion is described (see scheme; hfacac=hexafluoroacetylacetonate). The stereoselectivity was influenced by several reaction parameters, and kinetic studies support a mechanistic proposal involving the in situ formation of a more reactive catalytic species. This ring‐expansion reaction has been employed in the asymmetric total synthesis