title: Enantioselective Michael addition catalyzed by cinchona alkaloids.
abstract: Enantioselective Michael additions of cyclic beta-ketoesters to methyl vinyl ketone catalyzed by cinchona alkaloids were studied. The results revealed that the induced enantioselectivity was significantly influenced by both the structure of the catalyst and that of the substrate. Interesting differences in the effect of the structure of the alkaloid on the enantioselectivity of this reaction in the case of three beta-ketoesters were discovered. High enantioselectivities were obtained in the reaction of ethyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate and ethyl 2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate (up to 83 and 80%, respectively) at a low cinchona:reactant ratio of 1:500. As the specific rotations of the product enantiomers were unknown, they were determined by optical rotation and chiral GC measurements and verified by NMR experiments.
authors.affiliation: Organic Catalysis Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. szollosi@chem.u-seged.hu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szöllösi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartók
mesh_terms: D002074:Butanones / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D002930:Cinchona Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry; D004952:Esters / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008722:Methods; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002074:Butanones; D002930:Cinchona Alkaloids; D004952:Esters; C057920:3-buten-2-one