Phase-transfer catalysed asymmetric epoxidation of enones using N-anthracenylmethyl-substituted Cinchona alkaloids

Autor: P. G. Wainwright, Barry Lygo
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron. 55:6289-6300
ISSN: 0040-4020
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00205-7
Popis: A study into the enantioselective epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones utilising Cinchona alkaloid-derived quaternary ammonium phase-transfer catalysts bearing an N-anthracenylmethyl function is presented. It has been found that the O-benzyl derivatives of these catalysts in conjunction with sodium hypochlorite give high enantio- and diastereoselectivities in the epoxidation of a range of substrates R1CH=CHCOR2, where R1=alkyl or aryl and R2=aryl. In the cases where R2=alkyl high enantioselectivity has also been observed, however the rate of reaction is substantially reduced. Application of this process to the enantioselective synthesis of a range of trans-α, β-epoxy ketones (e.e. 71–90%) is presented.
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