The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Oxoammonium salts. 5. A new synthesis of hindered piperidines leading to unsymmetrical TEMPO-type nitroxides. Synthesis and enantioselective oxidations with …

Z Ma, Q Huang, JM Bobbitt

Index: Ma, Zhenkun; Huang, Qingtao; Bobbitt, James M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 18 p. 4837 - 4843

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Citation Number: 89

Abstract

A new synthesis of unsymmetrical 2, 2, 6, 6-tetraalkyl-4-piperidones from acetonin (2, 2, 4, 4, 6-penta-methyl-2, 3, 4, 5-tetrahydropyrimidine) and several ketones is described. When the ketone was a naturally occurring optically active ketone, the piperidones were optically active. The piperidones were converted to unsymmetrical TEMPO-type nitroxides and chiral nitroxides. The optically active nitroxides were used as catalysts for oxidations or ...