Continuous-flow enantioselective α-aminoxylation of aldehydes catalyzed by a polystyrene-immobilized hydroxyproline

• Xacobe C. Cambeiro,
• Rafael Martín-Rapún,
• Pedro O. Miranda,
• Sonia Sayalero,
• Esther Alza,
• Patricia Llanes and
• Miquel A. Pericàs

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1486–1493, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.172

• -immobilized catalysts; proline; Introduction Optically active α-hydroxycarbonyl moieties are highly versatile functional synthons and are present in a wide range of biologically active natural products [1][2]. Traditional strategies for the preparation of these kinds of synthons involves the oxidation of

• -aminoxy alcohols (after a reductive workup) with excellent optical purity and with an effective catalyst loading of ca. 2.5% (four-fold reduction compared to the batch process) working at residence times of ca. 5 min. Keywords: α-aminoxylation; continuous flow; packed-bed reactors; polystyrene