ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Nonracemic Dimethyl α-(Hydroxyfarnesyl)phosphonates via Oxidation of Dimethyl Farnesylphosphonate with (Camphorsulfonyl)oxaziridines

Autor: Yanming Du, David F. Wiemer, Diana M. Cermak
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: ChemInform. 30
ISSN: 1522-2667
0931-7597
DOI: 10.1002/chin.199927185
Popis: Several strategies for synthesis of nonracemic dimethyl α-(hydroxyfarnesyl)phosphonate and the parent phosphonic acid have been explored. Separation of diastereomeric derivatives prepared by esterification of racemic α-hydroxy phosphonate with (S)-(+)-O-methylmandelic acid was possible, and these diastereomers could be assigned absolute stereochemistry on the basis of literature precedent. However, hydrolysis to the α-hydroxy phosphonic acid was accompanied by extensive isomerization. Addition of a nonracemic phosphonamidite to farnesal also gave nonracemic material, but again hydrolysis was problematic. Oxidation of dimethyl farnesylphosphonate anion with nonracemic (camphorsulfonyl)oxaziridines was shown to be regio- and stereoselective for formation of the α-hydroxy phosphonate. Enantiomeric excess of ∼70% ee was established by conversion of the oxidation products to their (S)-(+)-O-methylmandelate derivatives. Although hydrolysis of these methyl esters was accompanied by extensive racemization, both e...
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