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DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317774
Enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
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Publikationsverlauf
Publikationsdatum:
17. Dezember 2012 (online)

Significance
The asymmetric Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of prochiral and racemic cyclic ketones effectively synthesized optically active ε- and γ-lactones. The desymmetrization of racemic cyclohexanones interestingly showed a reversal of migratory aptitude with high levels of enantioselectivity.
Comment
The authors continued their use of chiral N,N′-dioxide-metal catalysts for the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation reaction. During the desymmetrization of meso-cyclohexanones and meso-cyclobutanones, the electronic and steric nature of the substituents appeared to have no effect on enantioselectivity; the opposite was true for the kinetic resolution of racemic cyclohexanones.
