N′‐dioxide (−)‐9 has been designed, synthesized and examined as an organocatalyst in the enantioselective ring opening of meso‐epoxides using tetrachlorosilane (SiCl4). The catalyst (−)‐9 is found to exhibit good enantioselectivity for substituted cis‐stilbene epoxides; whereas, the saturated cyclic meso‐epoxides display a moderate enantioselectivity. At −30 °C in chloroform, the catalyst (−)‐9 with 0
Enantioselective Ring Opening of<i>meso</i>-Epoxides with Silicon Tetrachloride Catalyzed by Pyridine<i>N</i>-Oxides Fused with the Bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane Framework
作者:Algirdas Neniškis、Sigitas Stončius
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201500762
日期:2015.10
chiral Lewis basic organocatalysts that contain pyridine N-oxide moieties fused with the bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane framework is reported. The obtained pyridine N-oxides were employed as catalysts in the enantioselective ring opening of meso-epoxides with silicon tetrachloride. Derivative 1b endowed with two 2,4-diaryl-substituted pyridine N-oxide moieties proved to be a particularly effective catalyst for desymmetrization
An efficient and practical synthesis of optically pure β‐pyrazole‐substituted alcohols was achieved by an asymmetric ring‐opening reaction of meso‐epoxides with pyrazole derivatives as the nucleophile. In the presence of 1 mol % of an N,N′‐dioxide–Sc(OTf)3 complex, excellent enantioselectivity and yields were obtained from meso‐epoxides. The process could also be used for a mixture of cis‐ and trans‐stilbene
Epoxide desymmetrizations by bromide are very rare despite the large synthetic potential of chiral bromohydrins. Herein we present a new concept for epoxide desymmetrizations in which a bifunctional Lewis acid...
Redesign of a Pyrylium Photoredox Catalyst and Its Application to the Generation of Carbonyl Ylides
作者:Edwin Alfonzo、Felix Steven Alfonso、Aaron B. Beeler
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01222
日期:2017.6.2
We report the exploration into photoredox generation of carbonylylides from benzylic epoxides using newly designed 4-mesityl-2,6-diphenylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate (MDPT) and 4-mesityl-2,6-di-p-tolylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate (MD(p-tolyl)PT) catalysts. These catalysts are excited at visible wavelengths, are highly robust, and exhibit some of the highest oxidation potentials reported. Their utility