Minor Enantiomer Recycling: Application to Enantioselective Syntheses of Beta Blockers.

Minor Enantiomer Recycling: Application to Enantioselective Syntheses of Beta Blockers.
Chemistry. 2014 Feb 26;
Authors: Wen YQ, Hertzberg R, Gonzalez I, Moberg C
Abstract
Continuous recycling of the minor product enantiomer obtained from the acetylcyanation of prochiral aldehydes provided access to highly enantiomerically enriched products. Cyanohydrin derivatives, which under normal conditions are obtained with modest or poor enantiomeric ratios, were formed with high enantiomeric purity by using a reinforcing combination of a chiral Lewis acid catalyst and a biocatalyst. The primarily obtained products were transformed into β-adrenergic antagonists (S)-propanolol, (R)-dichloroisoproterenol, and (R)-pronethalol by means of a two-step procedure.
PMID: 24574310 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemistry - February 26, 2014 Category: Chemistry Authors: Wen YQ, Hertzberg R, Gonzalez I, Moberg C Tags: Chemistry Source Type: research