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New Chemistry of Chiral 1,3-Dioxolan-4-Ones.


ABSTRACT: (2S,5S)-5-Phenyl-2-t-butyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one, readily derived from mandelic acid, undergoes the Michael addition to butenolide and 4-methoxy-β-nitrostyrene with the absolute configuration of the products confirmed by X-ray diffraction in each case. In the former case, thermal fragmentation gives the phenyl ketone, thus illustrating use of the dioxolanone as a chiral benzoyl anion equivalent. The Diels-Alder cycloaddition chemistry of (2S)-5-methylene-2-t-butyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one, derived from lactic acid, has been further examined with the X-ray structures of four adducts determined. In one case, thermal fragmentation of the adduct gives a chiral epoxy ketone resulting from the dioxolanone acting as a chiral ketene equivalent, while in others the products give insight into the mechanism of the dioxolanone fragmentation process.

SUBMITTER: Aitken RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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New Chemistry of Chiral 1,3-Dioxolan-4-Ones.

Aitken R Alan RA   Power Lynn A LA   Slawin Alexandra M Z AMZ  

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20230501 9


(2<i>S</i>,5<i>S</i>)-5-Phenyl-2-<i>t</i>-butyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one, readily derived from mandelic acid, undergoes the Michael addition to butenolide and 4-methoxy-β-nitrostyrene with the absolute configuration of the products confirmed by X-ray diffraction in each case. In the former case, thermal fragmentation gives the phenyl ketone, thus illustrating use of the dioxolanone as a chiral benzoyl anion equivalent. The Diels-Alder cycloaddition chemistry of (2<i>S</i>)-5-methylene-2-<i>t</i>-butyl  ...[more]

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