Lewis Base Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Hydroxylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates with Water
作者:Bo Zhu、Lin Yan、Yuanhang Pan、Richmond Lee、Hongjun Liu、Zhiqiang Han、Kuo-Wei Huang、Choon-Hong Tan、Zhiyong Jiang
DOI:10.1021/jo201096e
日期:2011.8.19
A Lewis base catalyzed allylic hydroxylation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) carbonates has been developed. Various chiral MBH alcohols can be synthesized in high yields (up to 99%) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 94% ee). This is the first report using water as a nucleophile in asymmetric organocatalysis. The nucleophilic role of water has been verified using O-18-labeling experiments.