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Asymmetric oxidation of achiral selenides to optically active selenoxides : Stereochemistry of the allyl selenoxide-selenenate [2,3] sigmatropic rearrangement
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Asymmetric oxidation of achiral selenides to optically active selenoxides : Stereochemistry of the allyl selenoxide-selenenate [2,3] sigmatropic rearrangement

Franklin A. Davis, Orum D. Stringer and John P. McCauley
Tetrahedron, v 41(21), pp 4747-4757
1985

Abstract

Asymmetric oxidation of methyl phenyl selenide ( 3 ), under anhydrous conditions, by chiral 2-sulfonyloxaziridines, 1–2 , gives optically active methyl phenyl selenoxide (8.1–9.3% ee). The stereochemistry of the selenoxide is determined by the configuration of the oxaziridine three membered ring with non-bonded steric interactions responsible for the chiral recognition. Asymmetric oxidation of E-phenyl cinnamyl selenide ( 7 ) by 1–2 affords optically active l-phenylallyl alcohol ( 9 ). A concerted [2,3] sigmatropic rearrangement via an exo transition state is proposed.

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