In this thesis, iodoarene and chiral iodoarene reagents have been developed and used catalytically in the enantioselective cyclisation reaction of unsaturated esters, amides and β-amidoketones. The results in this thesis are divided into three parts. In the first part, the development of the catalytic enantioselective cyclisation of 4-methoxy but-3-enyl benzoate to the 3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran ester using enantiomerically pure chiral hypervalent iodine reagents generated in situ is described. A good enantioselectivity of 77% ee was obtained with moderate yield. In the second part, the development of catalytic conditions for the cyclisation of N-alkenylarylamides induced by iodoarenes leading to the formation of different ring sizes is demonstrated. In addition, the catalytic enantioselective cyclisation of N-alkenylarylamides employing chiral iodoarenes giving dihydrooxazines in good yields and moderate enantioselectivities of up to 64% is achieved. In the third part, the catalytic cyclisation of both propargyl amides and β-amidoketones using 2-iodoanisole to afford 2-oxazolines in good yields is described. Moreover, the catalytic enantioselective cyclisation of β-amidoketones using several chiral iodoarenes is detailed but, unfortunately almost no enantioselectivities was observed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:732899 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Kamouka, Somaia Taher |
| Contributors | Moran, Wesley |
| Publisher | University of Huddersfield |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34150/ |
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