We report herein a formal asymmetric epoxidation of arylalkanes enabled by a one-pot dual-catalysts system comprising a pincer Ir catalyst for alkane dehydrogenation-alkene isomerization(AD-ISO)and a chiral ketone cat...We report herein a formal asymmetric epoxidation of arylalkanes enabled by a one-pot dual-catalysts system comprising a pincer Ir catalyst for alkane dehydrogenation-alkene isomerization(AD-ISO)and a chiral ketone catalyst for asymmetric alkene epoxidation.This protocol provides a catalytic method for the synthesis of aryl epoxides in useful yields with high regio-and stereoselectivity directly from readily available alkyl arenes.Stereospecific derivatizations of the epoxidation product allow access to various enantioenriched compounds.展开更多
Studies on the synthesis of antifungal and anticancer natural product,pseudolaric acid B,have led to the enantioselective synthesis of di-epi-trans-fused[5-7]-bicyclic co re skeleton.The synthesis was achieved in 10 l...Studies on the synthesis of antifungal and anticancer natural product,pseudolaric acid B,have led to the enantioselective synthesis of di-epi-trans-fused[5-7]-bicyclic co re skeleton.The synthesis was achieved in 10 linear steps,which features the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation,cyanide-opening reaction of epoxide,and intramolecular[5+2]cycloaddition reaction as the key transformations.The stereochemistry was determined by the X-ray crystallographic analysis.展开更多
基金Financial supportfrom the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2021YFA1500100,2021YFA1501700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21825109,21821002,21732006,22072178)+1 种基金CAS Youth Interdisciplinary Team(No.JCTD-2021-11)the K.C.Wong Education Foundation,and Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology(No.2019B10096)is gratefully acknowledged.
文摘We report herein a formal asymmetric epoxidation of arylalkanes enabled by a one-pot dual-catalysts system comprising a pincer Ir catalyst for alkane dehydrogenation-alkene isomerization(AD-ISO)and a chiral ketone catalyst for asymmetric alkene epoxidation.This protocol provides a catalytic method for the synthesis of aryl epoxides in useful yields with high regio-and stereoselectivity directly from readily available alkyl arenes.Stereospecific derivatizations of the epoxidation product allow access to various enantioenriched compounds.
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21302078,21572089,21732001,21672017)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and the Innovative Research Team in Universities(PCSIRT:No.IRT_15R28)+3 种基金the State Key Basic Research Program of the PRC(No.2018YFC0310900)Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee(No.JCYJ20180504165454447)Shenzhen Basic Research Program(No.20180202)the National Ten Thousand Talent Program(the Leading Talent Tier)。
文摘Studies on the synthesis of antifungal and anticancer natural product,pseudolaric acid B,have led to the enantioselective synthesis of di-epi-trans-fused[5-7]-bicyclic co re skeleton.The synthesis was achieved in 10 linear steps,which features the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation,cyanide-opening reaction of epoxide,and intramolecular[5+2]cycloaddition reaction as the key transformations.The stereochemistry was determined by the X-ray crystallographic analysis.
