Synlett 2017; 28(11): 1291-1294
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1558958
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In Situ Electrophilic Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Catalytic Asymmetric α-Hydroxylation of 3-Substituted Oxindoles

Kohsuke Ohmatsu
a   Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) and Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan   eMail: tooi@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Yuichiro Ando
a   Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) and Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan   eMail: tooi@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Takashi Ooi*
a   Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) and Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan   eMail: tooi@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
b   CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Received: 29. Dezember 2016

Accepted after revision: 06. Februar 2017

Publikationsdatum:
27. Februar 2017 (online)


Abstract

Peroxy trichloroacetimidic acid, in situ generated from aqueous hydrogen peroxide and trichloroacetonitrile, was found to act as a competent electrophilic oxygenating agent for the direct α-hydroxylation of oxindoles. The use of chiral 1,2,3-triazolium salt as a phase-transfer catalyst enabled rigorous absolute stereocontrol in the carbon–oxygen bond-forming reaction. The present study provides a new, yet practical method for straightforward access to optically active α-hydroxycarbonyl compounds.

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  • 17 Representative Procedure for Catalytic Asymmetric α-Hydroxylation of Oxindoles A solution of 1c·Br (3.76 mg, 0.005 mmol), oxindole 2a (30.9 mg, 0.10 mmol), and K2CO3 (13.8 mg, 0.10 mmol) in Et2O (1.0 mL) was degassed by alternating vacuum evacuation/argon backfill. Then, the resulting mixture was cooled to –10 °C. To this solution were successively added a 30% aq solution of H2O2 (50 μL, 0.50 mmol) and trichloroacetonitirile (10 μL, 0.10 mmol), and the mixture was stirred for 24 h. The reaction was quenched with a sat. aq solution of NH4Cl, and the extractive workup was performed with EtOAc. The organic extracts were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated. The crude residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane–CHCl3 = 3:1 as eluent) to afford 3a (31.5 mg, 0.097 mmol, 97% yield, 94% ee). Compound 3a: [α]D 23 = +45.6 (c = 3.0, CHCl3) for 94% ee. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.94 (1 H, d, J = 8.2 Hz), 7.40 (1 H, td, J = 8.0, 1.2 Hz), 7.36–7.29 (6 H, m), 7.20 (1 H, t, J = 7.8 Hz), 3.42 (1 H, s), 1.63 (9 H, s). 13C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 176.0, 149.2, 139.9, 139.8, 130.3, 128.8, 128.7, 125.7, 125.4, 125.2, 115.6, 85.0, 77.8, 28.2, one peak for aromatic carbon was not found probably due to overlapping. IR (film): 3456, 3001, 2978, 1788, 1609, 1479, 1342, 1285, 1146, 908, 719 cm-1. HRMS (ESI+): m/z calcd for C19H19NO4Na+ [M + Na]+: 348.1206; found: 348.1206. HPLC (ID3, hexane–i-PrOH = 10:1, flow rate = 0.5 mL/min, λ = 210 nm): t = 15.8 min (major isomer); 17.5 min (minor isomer).