Reductive electron transfer has been successfully utilized to facilitate the first enantioselective desymmetrisation of malonate derivatives. Selective monoreduction of cyclic 1,3-diesters through the combined use of SmI2-Et3N and chiral non-racemic diols has granted rapid access to enantioenriched β-hydroxy acids containing challenging quaternary centres – an abundant motif in many drug molecules. Unique radical anions generated from the single electron reduction of cyclic 1,3-diesters have been exploited in cyclisation cascades. Capture of acyl-type radical anions by both alkene and alkyne acceptors have permitted the construction of complex bicyclic architectures in a single synthetic operation. The reductive cyclisation cascade of lactones has also been demonstrated, using SmI2-H2O to achieve a challenging domino 5-exo-trig/6-exo-trig cyclisation event. This process generates highly decorated carbo[5.4.0]bicyclic scaffolds with complete diastereocontrol.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:634943 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Lyons, Sarah |
| Publisher | University of Manchester |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/generating-complexity-by-reductive-electron-transfer-asymmetric-studies-and-cyclisation-cascades(05d2502a-e5d1-443d-a0be-381e4f6ee74b).html |
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