Asymmetric Organocatalytic Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes with Hydrogen Peroxide
Journal of the American Chemical Society2005Vol. 127(19), pp. 6964–6965
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Abstract
The first asymmetric organocatalytic epoxidation of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes is presented. A chiral bisaryl-silyl-protected pyrrolidine acts as a very selective epoxidation organocatalyst using simple oxidation agents, such as hydrogen peroxide and tert-butyl hydroperoxide. The asymmetric epoxidation reactions proceed under environmental friendly reaction condition in, for example, water mixtures of alcohols, and the scope of the reaction is demonstrated by the formation of optically active alpha,beta-epoxy aldehydes in high yields and enantioselectivities >94% ee. Furthermore, the direct synthesis of the sex pheromone from an acaric mite by asymmetric epoxidation of citral is presented.
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