Truncated Cinchona alkaloids as catalysts in enantioselective monobenzoylation of meso-1,2-diols

E Peter Kündig; Alvaro Enriquez Garcia; Thierry Lomberget; Pablo Perez Garcia; Patrick Romanens

doi:10.1039/b808268e

Truncated Cinchona alkaloids as catalysts in enantioselective monobenzoylation of meso-1,2-diols

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Aug 14:(30):3519-21. doi: 10.1039/b808268e. Epub 2008 Jul 2.

Authors

E Peter Kündig¹, Alvaro Enriquez Garcia, Thierry Lomberget, Pablo Perez Garcia, Patrick Romanens

Affiliation

¹ Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. peter.kundig@chiorg.unige.ch

PMID: 18654699
DOI: 10.1039/b808268e

Abstract

Readily synthesised quincorine and quincoridine derived chiral diamines efficiently catalyse the asymmetric monobenzoylation of cyclic and acyclic meso-1,2-diols.

MeSH terms

Benzoic Acid / chemistry*
Catalysis
Cinchona Alkaloids / chemistry*
Glycols / chemistry*
Kinetics
Stereoisomerism
Substrate Specificity

Substances

Cinchona Alkaloids
Glycols
Benzoic Acid