Efficient synthesis of 1,1′-binaphthyl and 2,2′-bi-o-tolyl-2,2′-bis(oxazoline)s and preliminary use for the catalytic asymmetric allylic oxidation of cyclohexene
Efficient synthesis of 1,1′-binaphthyl and 2,2′-bi-o-tolyl-2,2′-bis(oxazoline)s and preliminary use for the catalytic asymmetric allylic oxidation of cyclohexene
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DOI:
10.1021/jo9713619
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发表时间:
1997-12-26
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3.6
通讯作者:
Sclafani, JA
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作者:
Andrus, MB;Asgari, D;Sclafani, JA
Chiral C2-symmetric bis (oxazoline) s have been successfully employed as ligands with various metals in numerous catalytic asymmetric processes. These include cyclopropanation, 2 aziridination, 3 allylic substitution, 4 hydrosilylation, 5 imine additions, 6 Diels-Alder, 7 aldol, 8 and Wacker-type cyclization9 reactions. In addition we and Pfaltz have recently used bis (oxazoline) copper complexes as catalysts for the asymmetric allylic oxidation of simple olefins using tert-butyl perbenzoate. 10 While the linker between the oxazolines in the past have consisted of a methylene unit, derived from a malonyl precursor, or a pyridyl unit, recently Corey reported the synthesis of a unique biaryl-linked ligand, 1, 1′-bis-o-tolyl-2, 2′-bis (oxazoline), for use in a highly selective intramolecular copper-catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction leading to (-)-sirenin. 11 This new catalyst was shown to superior to a variety of known metal ‚ligand combinations including the standard methylene bis (oxazoline) s. The synthesis of this new ligand required the use of a preparative chiral HPLC separation on the racemic bitolyl dicarboxylic acid precursor. The prohibitive cost of this step and our desire to apply this new class of ligands to the allylic oxidation reaction prompted the effort to develop an efficient synthetic route to biarylbis-(oxazoline) s that would not depend on a chiral separation or a tedious resolution. 12 To this end, new asymmetric versions of the Ullman coupling reaction13 were applied to produce two biarylbis (oxazoline) s, bi-o-tolyl diphenyl 1 and binaphthyl di-tert-butyl 2 (Figure 1). Our route began with the efficient use of sodium chlorite with added sodium phosphate and 2-methylbutene14 with 1-bromo-2-naphthaldehyde 311 to produce the acid 4 in 94% yield (Scheme 1). Previous oxidations reported using transition metal oxides are uniformly low for this step. 12, 15 The next three operations were performed without purification or isolation of the intermediates. Treatment of 4 with oxalyl chloride and catalytic DMF produced the acid chloride that was then treated with (S)-tert-leucinol and triethylamine to give the amide. The crude material was then treated with the Burgess reagent {[(methoxycarbonyl) sulfamoyl] triethylammonium hydroxide} according to the conditions of Corey giving oxazoline 5 in 89% overall yield. 9b, 11 Alternative procedures using the dimesylate or the dichloride intermediate were found to be lower yielding in this case. 8, 13a Coupling with activated copper following the procedure of Meyers was then performed to access bi-o-tolyl-bis (oxazoline) 2 in 77% isolated yield as a white solid (mp 109 C,[R] D