Disrotatory Ring-Opening of Furans Gives Stereocontrol
Autor: | Sukbok Chang, Chinmoy K. Hazra, Jinhoon Jeong, Hyunjoong Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84:11061-11067 |
ISSN: | 1520-6904 0022-3263 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01627 |
Popis: | The ring-opening of 2-methylfuran and 2,3-dihydro-5-methylfuran catalyzed by the Lewis acid catalyst tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane in the presence of hydrosilanes was studied using quantum chemical methods. In a previous study, it was suggested that the stereoselective formation of the product is due to a nucleophilic vinylic substitution (SNV) during the reaction. Our calculations show that the pathway involving the SNV reaction is energetically not accessible. Instead, the intramolecular C-O bond cleavage is found to be much more favorable in energy for the ring opening reaction. The experimentally observed excellent stereoselectivity toward the Z-isomer product originates from an intrinsic preference of the furan ring to couple the C-O bond cleavage with a disrotatory motion of the oxygen and carbon fragments. This stereoselective feature is naturally programmed into the furan ring manifold and should be generally exploitable for engineering stereoselective ring-opening processes of bioderived furans. |
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