화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.50, 20092-20095, 2011
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Stable Oxetenes via Lewis Acid-Promoted [2+2] Cycloaddition
A highly enantioselective and atom-economical [2 + 2] cycloaddition of various alkynes with trifluoropyruvate using a dicationic (S)-BINAP-Pd catalyst has been established. This is the first enantioselective synthesis of stable oxetene derivatives, whose structure has been clarified by X-ray analysis. This catalytic process offers a practical synthetic method for oxetene derivatives (catalyst loading: up to 0.1 mol %), which can serve as novel chiral building blocks for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals and can also be transformed into a variety of enantiomerically enriched CF3-substituted compounds with high stereoselectivity.