Xingkuan Chen, Jacqueline Zi Mei Fong, Jianfeng Xu, Chengli Mou, Yunpeng Lu, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi
Journal of the American Chemical Society. June 15, 2016, Vol. 138 Issue 23, 7212-7215
Subjects
Esters -- Chemical properties, Catalysis -- Research, and Chemistry
Abstract
The article reports the first carbene-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution of alpha,alpha-disubstituted carboxylic esters with up to 99:1 er and 99% yield. The present study clearly illustrates the unique power of carbene-catalyzed reactions of readily available and easy to handle carboxylic esters.
Chen X, Fong JZ, Xu J, Mou C, Lu Y, Yang S, Song BA, and Chi YR
Journal of the American Chemical Society [J Am Chem Soc] 2016 Jun 15; Vol. 138 (23), pp. 7212-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jun 02.
Abstract
Carbene-catalyzed reaction of carboxylic esters has the potential to offer effective synthetic solutions that cannot be readily achieved by using the more conventional aldehyde-type substrates. Here we report the first carbene-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution of α,α-disubstituted carboxylic esters with up to 99:1 er and 99% yield. The present study clearly illustrates the unique power of carbene-catalyzed reactions of readily available and easy to handle carboxylic esters.