Dynamic kinetic resolution of transient hemiketals: a strategy for the desymmetrisation of prochiral oxetanols.
Alexander SandvoßHenning MaagConstantin Gabriel DaniliucDieter SchollmeyerJohannes M WiestPublished in: Chemical science (2022)
Identification of an electron poor trifluoroacetophenone allows the formation of uniquely stable hemiketals from prochiral oxetanols. When exposed to a cobalt(ii) catalyst, efficient ring-opening to densely functionalized dioxolanes is observed. Mechanistic studies suggest an unprecedented redox process between the cobalt(ii) catalyst and the hemiketal that initiates the oxetane-opening. Based on this observation, a dynamic kinetic resolution of the transient hemiketals is explored that uses a Katsuki-type ligand for stereoinduction (up to 99 : 1 dr and 96 : 4 er) and allows a variety of 1,3-dioxolanes to be accessed (20 examples up to 98% yield).
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