301663-71-8Relevant articles and documents
Stereocontrolled ring-opening of some enantiomerically enriched epoxy ketones and epoxy alcohols using trimethylaluminium: Synthesis of (S)-2-arylpropanoic acids
Carde, Lydia,Davies, D. Huw,Roberts, Stanley M.
, p. 2455 - 2463 (2007/10/03)
Poly-(D)-leucine-catalysed epoxidation of chalcone furnished epoxide (+)-6; treatment of this epoxide with trimethylaluminium followed by zinc borohydride reduction and oxidative cleavage furnished (S)-2-phenylpropanoic acid 11. In a complementary sequence epoxy ketones (-)-6 and 25 were converted into (S)-2-phenylpropanoic acid and (S)-fenoprofen 5 respectively by reduction with zinc borohydride, reaction with trimethylaluminium and oxidative cleavage. Similarly epoxy ketones (-)-6, 21 and 28 were treated with methylmagnesium iodide, trimethylaluminium and the resultant alcohols subjected to oxidative cleavage to afford (S)-2-phenylpropanoic acid (from the first two substrates) and (S)-naproxen 1.
