Enantioselective, organocatalytic epoxidation by a hypervalent iodine reagent

ORGN 34

Sandra Lee, lees@caltech.edu and David W. C. MacMillan. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
A rare example of a hypervalent iodine reagent participating in a 1,4-heteroconjugate addition reaction is reported for the organocatalytic, asymmetric epoxidation of a,b-unsaturated aldehydes with imidazolidinone catalyst. Development of an “internal syringe pump” effect via the slow release of a reactive, monomeric iodosobenzene from an iminoiodinane, provides high levels of reaction efficiency and enantiomeric control in the enantioselective epoxidation of electron-deficient olefins. 15N NMR studies were conducted to elucidate non-productive catalyst and reagent interactions.

 

Asymmetric Reactions and Syntheses
8:00 AM-11:40 AM, Sunday, 26 March 2006 Georgia World Congress Center -- C302, Oral

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006