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Catalytic, stereospecific syn-dichlorination of alkenes.

ABSTRACT: As some of the oldest organic chemical reactions known, the ionic additions of elemental halogens such as bromine and chlorine to alkenes are prototypical examples of stereospecific reactions, typically delivering vicinal dihalides resulting from anti-addition. Although the invention of enantioselective variants is an ongoing challenge, the ability to overturn the intrinsic anti-diastereospecificity of these transformations is also a largely unsolved problem. Here, we describe the first catalytic, syn-stereospecific dichlorination of alkenes, employing a group transfer catalyst based on a redox-active main group element (selenium). With diphenyl diselenide (PhSeSePh) (5?mol%) as the pre-catalyst, benzyltriethylammonium chloride (BnEt3NCl) as the chloride source and an N-fluoropyridinium salt as the oxidant, a wide variety of functionalized cyclic and acyclic 1,2-disubstituted alkenes, including simple allylic alcohols, deliver syn-dichlorides with exquisite stereocontrol. This methodology is expected to find applications in streamlining the synthesis of polychlorinated natural products such as the chlorosulfolipids.

SUBMITTER: Cresswell AJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4674811 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Catalytic, stereospecific syn-dichlorination of alkenes.

Cresswell Alexander J AJ Eey Stanley T-C ST Denmark Scott E SE

Nature chemistry 20140201 2

As some of the oldest organic chemical reactions known, the ionic additions of elemental halogens such as bromine and chlorine to alkenes are prototypical examples of stereospecific reactions, typically delivering vicinal dihalides resulting from anti-addition. Although the invention of enantioselective variants is an ongoing challenge, the ability to overturn the intrinsic anti-diastereospecificity of these transformations is also a largely unsolved problem. Here, we describe the first catalyti ...[more]

PMID: 25615668

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Catalytic, stereospecific syn-dichlorination of alkenes.

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Catalytic, stereospecific syn-dichlorination of alkenes.

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