Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones promoted by lanthanoid complexes
Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones promoted by lanthanoid complexes
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DOI:
10.1021/ja964037o
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发表时间:
1997-03-05
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Shibasaki, M
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作者:
Bougauchi, M;Watanabe, S;Shibasaki, M
Catalytic asymmetric epoxidations are one of the most important asymmetric processes. 1 In 1980 Sharpless et al. reported a stoichiometric asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols, 2a a method which was later improved to a catalytic process. 2b Moreover, catalytic asymmetric epoxidations of unfunctionalized olefins using salen-manganese complexes have been reported independently by Jacobsen et al., 3a Katsuki et al., 3b and Mukaiyama et al. 3c, 4 In striking contrast to these successful achievements, an efficient catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of enones with broad generality has not been developed. 5 Quite recently, Enders and co-workers reported a very impressive and practical asymmetric epoxidation of enones using a stoichiometric amount of N-methylpseudoephedrine as a chiral source. 6 In this Communication we report an efficient catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of enones using lanthanoid complexes, which is the first example of a catalytic process applicable to various enones.We have succeeded in developing several kinds of heterobimetallic chiral catalysts such as LnM3tris (binaphthoxide) complexes (LnMB), AlMbis (binaphthoxide) complexes (AMB), and GaMbis (binaphthoxide) complexes (GaMB)(Ln) lanthanoid, M) alkali metal, A) aluminium, Ga) gallium, B) BINOL (1) or its derivatives). 7 Among them, LSB, ALB, and GaSB (L) lanthanum, S) sodium, L) lithium) have been found to be very useful for catalytic asymmetric Michael reactions. 7 We envisioned that these chiral catalysts would be useful for the asymmetric epoxidation of enones using hydroperoxides such as tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and cumene