PALLADIUM(0)-CATALYZED ISOMERIZATION-REACTIONS OF AZIRIDINES BEARING AN ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ESTER GROUP - A THERMODYNAMIC PREFERENCE FORCHIRAL ALKYL (2E)-4,5-CIS-4,5-EPIMINO-N-(ALKYL-SULFONYL OR ARYLSULFONYL) 2-ENOATES OVER THE OTHER 3 STEREOISOMERS
T. Ibuka et al., PALLADIUM(0)-CATALYZED ISOMERIZATION-REACTIONS OF AZIRIDINES BEARING AN ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ESTER GROUP - A THERMODYNAMIC PREFERENCE FORCHIRAL ALKYL (2E)-4,5-CIS-4,5-EPIMINO-N-(ALKYL-SULFONYL OR ARYLSULFONYL) 2-ENOATES OVER THE OTHER 3 STEREOISOMERS, Journal of organic chemistry, 62(9), 1997, pp. 2982-2991
Palladium(0)-catalyzed reactions of five sets of four stereoisomeric 4
,5-epimino-N-(methanesulfonyl) or -N-(arylsulfonyl) 2-enoates reveal t
hat 4,5-cis-(2E)-isomers are thermodynamically more stable than other
isomers, in accord with calculations. A highly stereoselective synthes
is of (E)-alkene dipeptide isosteres having the desired stereochemistr
ies from unwanted stereoisomeric 4,5-epimino-N-(arylsulfonyl) 2-enoate
s is also presented.