title: Oxaziridine-mediated enantioselective aminohydroxylation of styrenes catalyzed by copper(II) bis(oxazoline) complexes.
abstract: We report an oxaziridine-mediated enantioselective aminohydroxylation of olefins catalyzed by a chiral copper(II) bis(oxazoline) complex. A variety of styrenic olefins undergo efficient aminohydroxylation with excellent regioselectivity and synthetically useful levels of enantioselectivty (up to 84% ee). The reaction can be conducted on multi-gram scale with as little as 2 mol% of the copper(II) catalyst. Hydrolysis of the resulting 1,3-oxazolines under acidic conditions produces N-sulfonyl amino alcohols that can be purified by recrystallization to afford very high levels of enantioselectivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Michaelis
authors.forename: Kevin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Tehshik P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Yoon