Intermolecular Catalytic Asymmetric Iodoetherification of Unfunctionalized Alkenes
Takumi K Suzuki1, Masahiro Yamanaka2, Takayoshi Arai1
1Soft Molecular Activation Research Center (SMARC), Chiba Iodine Resource Innovation Center (CIRIC), Molecular Chirality Research Center (MCRC), Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
Abstract:
A newly prepared trinuclear Zn3-(R,S,S)-aminoiminobinaphthoxide complex () catalyzed the first general intermolecular asymmetric iodoetherification of unfunctionalized alkenes. Using , the iodoetherification reaction of unfunctionalized alkenes with o-nitrophenols proceeded smoothly to give the products with up to 92.5:7.5 er, and diene substrates were converted to the products with up to 99:1 er with the formation of a meso-isomer (dl/meso = 78/22). The chiral iodoethers gave a new platform for the synthesis of chiral morpholines.
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