TY - JOUR
T1 - Asymmetric epoxidation of chromenes mediated by iminium salts: Synthesis of mollugin and (3S,4R)-trans-3,4-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydromollugin
AU - Bulman Page, Philip C.
AU - Chan, Yohan
AU - Noor Armylisas, Abu Hassan
AU - Alahmdi, Mohammed
N1 -
Erratum available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.11.078
PY - 2016/12/22
Y1 - 2016/12/22
N2 - Organocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation of chromenes mediated by iminium salt catalysts under non-aqueous conditions provided ees as high as 99%. Contrastingly, reaction under aqueous conditions can form the corresponding diol products with ees as high as 71%. The process has been used for the synthesis of the East African medicinal plant metabolite (3S,4R)-trans-3,4-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydromollugin.
AB - Organocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation of chromenes mediated by iminium salt catalysts under non-aqueous conditions provided ees as high as 99%. Contrastingly, reaction under aqueous conditions can form the corresponding diol products with ees as high as 71%. The process has been used for the synthesis of the East African medicinal plant metabolite (3S,4R)-trans-3,4-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydromollugin.
KW - Asymmetric catalysis
KW - Iminium salt
KW - Enantioselective synthesis
KW - Chromene
KW - Mollugin
U2 - 10.1016/j.tet.2016.10.070
DO - 10.1016/j.tet.2016.10.070
M3 - Article
VL - 72
SP - 8406
EP - 8416
JO - Tetrahedron
JF - Tetrahedron
SN - 0040-4020
IS - 51
ER -