期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:2004
卷号:101
期号:16
页码:5737-5742
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0306992101
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of racemic bicyclic cyclobutanones with Zr[bis(salicylidene)ethylenediaminato] (salen) complex 1 as catalyst in the presence of a urea-hydrogen peroxide adduct was found to proceed enantiospecifically. The enantiotopos selection in the oxidation was governed primarily by the Zr(salen) catalyst, although migratory aptitude (methine > methylene > methyl) in Baeyer-Villiger oxidation affected the selection to a varied extent, depending on the substrate structures; one enantiomer of cyclobutanones gave exclusively a normal lactone expected from the migratory aptitude, and the other enantiomer gave an abnormal lactone preferentially, the formation of which is counter to the migratory aptitude. Furthermore, the rates of abnormal lactone formation were found to be faster than those of normal lactone formation in most of the oxidations examined. For example, the enantiomer of racemic bicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-6-one giving an abnormal lactone reacted 2.2 times faster than the other enantiomer giving a normal lactone. To our knowledge, this example of chemocatalytic Baeyer-Villiger oxidation giving an abnormal lactone in preference to a normal lactone has been previously unreported. This unusual behavior is likely to be attributable to strict control of stereoelectronic demand in Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and chiral recognition by complex 1.