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Low Diastereoselectivity (low + diastereoselectivity)
Selected AbstractsAddition of Azomethine Ylides to Aldehydes: Mechanistic Dichotomy of Differentially Substituted ,-Imino EstersEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 20 2010Brinton Seashore-Ludlow Abstract The formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides and aldehydes is explored, as hydrolysis of the resulting oxazolidine product gives facile access to valuable syn -,-aryl-,-hydroxy-,-amino esters. The use of using benzaldehyde-derived imines as the ylide precursor results in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with high conversions but low diastereoselectivity. In contrast, the employment of benzophenone-derived imines as the ylide precursor results in an aldol reaction, which gives the intermediate oxazolidine in high diastereoselectivity and requires a weak acid catalyst to achieve higher conversions. [source] Efficient Addition of Acid Enediolates to EpoxidesEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 10 2004Salvador Gil Abstract We report new conditions to facilitate the addition of dianions of carboxylic acids to epoxides as an alternative method to the use of aluminum enolates. These conditions require the use of a sub-stoichiometric (10%) amount of amine for dianion generation and the previous activation of the epoxide with LiCl. Other Lewis acids have been shown to be less effective. Yields are good but only low diastereoselectivity is attained, which has not been controlled despite attempts at optimization. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004) [source] Isolation of methyl (RS)-1- tert -butoxycarbonyl-3-cyanomethyl-1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-5H -pyrrole-5-carboxylate, the key-intermediate in base-catalyzed formation of racemic products by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions to methyl (S)-1- tert -butoxycarbonyl-3-[(E)-cyanomethylidene]-2-pyrrolidinone-5-carboxylateJOURNAL OF HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 5 2002Marko Cycloadditions of various 1,3-dipoles to methyl (S)-1- tert -butoxycarbonyl-3-[(E)-cyanomethylidene]-2-pyrrolidinone-5-carboxylate (9) were studied. Reactions of 9 with diazomethane (10) and 2,4,6-trimethoxy-benzonitrile oxide (11), carried out under neutral conditions, gave the corresponding optically active spiro compounds 16-18 with low diastereoselectivity (20-30% diastereomeric excess). On the other hand, reactions of 9 with nitrile oxide 11 and nitrile imines 14, 15, carried out in the presence of a base, afforded racemic pyrazolo and isoxazolo fused 2-pyrrolidinones 21-23 in 82-86% diastereomeric excess. Optically active dipolarophile 9 was isomerized in the presence of basic alumina to give methyl (RS)-1- tert -butoxy-carbonyl-3-cyanomethyl-1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-5H -pyrrole-5-carboxylate (19). Treatment of the racemic dipolarophile 19 with dipoles 11 and 14, afforded fused 2-pyrrolidinones 23 and 21. These observations support compound 19 as the key-intermediate in the formation of racemic cycloadducts 21- 23. [source] Asymmetric Sulfonium Ylide Mediated Cyclopropanation: Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (+)-LY354740CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 2 2006Varinder K. Aggarwal Prof. Abstract The reaction of ester-stabilized sulfonium ylides with cyclopentenone to give (+)- 5 ((1S,5R,6S)-ethyl 2-oxobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-6-carboxylate), an important precursor to the pharmacologically important compound (+)-LY354740, has been studied using chiral sulfides operating in both catalytic (sulfide, Cu(acac)2, ethyl diazoacetate, 60,°C) and stoichiometric modes (sulfonium salt, base, room temperature). It was found that the reaction conditions employed had a major influence over both diastereo- and enantioselectivity. Under catalytic conditions, good enantioselectivity with low diastereoselectivity was observed, but under stoichiometric conditions low enantioselectivity with high diastereoselectivity was observed. When the stoichiometric reactions were conducted at high dilution, diastereoselectivity was reduced. This indicated that base-mediated betaine equilibration was occurring (which is slow relative to ring closure at high dilution). Based on this model, conditions for achieving high enantioselectivity were established as follows: use of a preformed ylide, absence of base, hindered ester (to reduce ylide-mediated betaine equilibration), and low concentration. Under these conditions high enantioselectivity (95,% ee) was achieved, albeit with low diastereocontrol. Our model for selectivity has been applied to other sulfonium ylide mediated cyclopropanation reactions and successfully accounts for the diastereoselectivity observed in all such reported reactions to date. [source] | ||||||||||