Isopropylmagnesium chloride-promoted unilateral addition of Grignard reagents to β-diketones: one-pot syntheses of β-tertiary hydroxyl ketones or 3-substituted cyclic-2-enones
作者:Rui Yuan、Dan Zhao、Li-Yuan Zhang、Xiang Pan、Yan Yang、Pei Wang、Hong-Feng Li、Chao-Shan Da
DOI:10.1039/c5ob02072g
日期:——
unilateral additions of Grignardreagents to acyclic or cyclic β-diketones were effectively promoted by sub-stoichiometric amounts of i-PrMgCl to afford β-tertiary hydroxyl ketones or 3-substituted cyclic-2-enones, respectively. Also, the addition of Grignardreagents to acyclic β-diketones followed by a reaction with cyclic β-diketones in a one-pot process was put forward. The reaction mechanism was discussed
The enantioselectivehydrogenation of endocyclic enones has been a historical problem for homogeneous catalysis. We herein report an efficient method to reduce endocyclic enones with molecular hydrogen. Catalyzed by a rhodium/Zhaophos complex, a variety of enones with five‐, six‐ or seven‐member ring were hydrogenated with high enantioselectivity (92%—99% ee). Excellent chemo‐ and enantioselectivity