Convenient synthesis of t-butyl Z-3-substituted glycidates under conditions of phase-transfer catalysis
作者:Andrzej Jonczyk、Tomasz Zomerfeld
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(03)00234-x
日期:2003.3
Reactions of mixtures of t-butyl E- and Z-3-substituted glycidates 1a-h with 50% aq. sodium hydroxide and a catalyst, benzyltriethylammonium chloride, TEBAC in dichloromethane (phase-transfer catalysis, PTC led to preferential hydrolysis of the E-isomers to afford pure (90-98%) t-butyl Z-3-substituted glycidates 1a-i in good yields; PTC cleavage of glycidates additionally substituted at C-2, 1g or C-3, 1h,i suggests that an aryl group in the Z isomers hampers attack of HO- on the carbonyl carbon atom. As described in the literature, the diastereoselective PTC synthesis of Z-3-substituted glycidates and glycidonitriles consists of fast hydrolysis of E isomers present in mixtures with Z ones. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.