Akane Morita, T. Misaki, T. Sugimura
2015
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract In this Letter, a chiral guanidine-catalyzed 1,4-addition reaction of 5H-oxazol-4-ones to vinyl ketones is described. The 1,4-addition reaction proceeded with a high enantioselectivity using 5H-oxazol-4-ones, substituted with a 3-chloro-5-methylphenyl group, as pronucleophiles and a newly developed chiral guanidine as a catalyst. The optimized reaction conditions were also effective in achieving excellent enantioselectivity in the 1,6-addition to dienones. Subsequent solvolysis of the 1,4-addition adduct yielded the corresponding α-hydroxy-5-oxocarboxylates.