CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION AND KINETIC RESOLUTION - MODIFIED PROCEDURES INCLUDING INSITU DERIVATIZATION
CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION AND KINETIC RESOLUTION - MODIFIED PROCEDURES INCLUDING INSITU DERIVATIZATION
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00253a032
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发表时间:
1987-09-16
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SHARPLESS, KB
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作者:
GAO, Y;HANSON, RM;SHARPLESS, KB
The use of 3A or 4A molecular sieves (zeolites) substantially increases the scope of the titanium (IV)-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of primary allylic alcohols. Whereas without molecular sieves epoxidations employing only 5 to 10 mol% Ti (0-/-Pr) 4 generally lead to low conversion or low enantioselectivity, in the presence of molecular sieves such reactions generally leadto high conversion (> 95%) and high enantioselectivity (90-95% ee). The epoxidations of 20 primary allylic alcohols are described. Especially noteworthy are the epoxidations of cinnamylalcohol, 2-tetradecyl-2-propen-1-ol, allyl alcohol, and crotyl alcohol—compounds which heretoforehad been considered difficult substrates for asymmetric epoxidation. In the case of allyl alcohol, the use of cumene hydroperoxide substantially increases both the reaction rate and the conversion, even in the absence of molecular sieves. In general, enantioselectivities are slightly depressed (by 1-5% ee) relative to reactions employing 50-100 mol% Ti (0-t-Pr) 4. The epoxidation of low molecular weightallylic alcohols is especially facilitated and, in conjunction with in situ derivatization, provides for the synthesis of many epoxy alcohol synthons which were previously difficult to obtain. The kinetic resolution of four secondary allylic alcohols with 10 mol% Ti (0-f-Pr) 4 is also described. The role of molecular sieves in the reaction and the effects of variation in reaction stoichiometry, oxidant, and tartrate are discussed.The reaction of an allylic alcohol with iert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) in the presence of Ti (0-/-Pr) 4 and diethyl tartrate (DET) to form an epoxy alcohol of high enantiomeric purity was intro-duced in 1980 (Scheme I). 1 Since then, much has been learned about this asymmetric epoxidation process. Several reviews have been published, 2 and two theses from these laboratories have dealt with mechanistic aspects of the reaction. 3· 4 The epoxidation as initially described employs a stoichiometric amount of catalyst, even though, as noted in one of the footnotes to the original report, reactions of certain substrates can be carried out with as little as 10% catalyst with little loss of enantioselectivity and some increase in yield.