The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation

<p>The acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation of 1,2-diols bearing a pendent alkene has been shown to be a powerful method for the formation of cis-2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans. This thesis describes the development of this methodology to broaden the scope of the general re...

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Main Author: Winship, PCM
Other Authors: Donohoe, TJ
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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description <p>The acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation of 1,2-diols bearing a pendent alkene has been shown to be a powerful method for the formation of cis-2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans. This thesis describes the development of this methodology to broaden the scope of the general reaction, followed by applying the oxidative cyclisation to the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran containing natural products.</p><p>Introduction: This section reports a range of ractions that osmium oxo-species will facilitate, namely the formation of carbon-oxygen and carbon-nitrogen bonds in a selective manner. In addition to this a variety of similar metal-mediated oxidative cyclisations are discussed.</p><p>Results and Discussion: The process for optimising the oxidative cyclisation is documented, along with examples which directly compare newly developed methodology with existing methodology. The incorporation of a catalytic amount of a Lewis acid is shown to be more effective than using an excess of a Brønsted acid, with osmium catalyst loading being reduced to 0.2 mol%. Subsequently, this methodology is shown to facilitate the successful oxidative cyclisation of vinyl silanes to form silyl-substituted tetrahydrofurans, along with methodology to “unmask” the silane, as a potential route to lactols. Finally, the application of this methodology to synthesis is demonstrated, with the successful synthesis of neodysiherbaine A being achieved in 7 steps and the C21-30 fragment of pectenotoxin-4 in 12 steps.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:e4c42be0-bfea-451f-8af3-890b141423c92022-03-27T10:18:57ZThe development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisationThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:e4c42be0-bfea-451f-8af3-890b141423c9Organic chemistryEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2011Winship, PCMDonohoe, TJ<p>The acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation of 1,2-diols bearing a pendent alkene has been shown to be a powerful method for the formation of cis-2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans. This thesis describes the development of this methodology to broaden the scope of the general reaction, followed by applying the oxidative cyclisation to the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran containing natural products.</p><p>Introduction: This section reports a range of ractions that osmium oxo-species will facilitate, namely the formation of carbon-oxygen and carbon-nitrogen bonds in a selective manner. In addition to this a variety of similar metal-mediated oxidative cyclisations are discussed.</p><p>Results and Discussion: The process for optimising the oxidative cyclisation is documented, along with examples which directly compare newly developed methodology with existing methodology. The incorporation of a catalytic amount of a Lewis acid is shown to be more effective than using an excess of a Brønsted acid, with osmium catalyst loading being reduced to 0.2 mol%. Subsequently, this methodology is shown to facilitate the successful oxidative cyclisation of vinyl silanes to form silyl-substituted tetrahydrofurans, along with methodology to “unmask” the silane, as a potential route to lactols. Finally, the application of this methodology to synthesis is demonstrated, with the successful synthesis of neodysiherbaine A being achieved in 7 steps and the C21-30 fragment of pectenotoxin-4 in 12 steps.</p>
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The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation
title The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation
title_full The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation
title_fullStr The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation
title_full_unstemmed The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation
title_short The development and applications of the Lewis acid-mediated osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation
title_sort development and applications of the lewis acid mediated osmium catalysed oxidative cyclisation
topic Organic chemistry
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