Diastereodivergent and Enantioselective Access to Spiroepoxides via Organocatalytic Epoxidation of Unsaturated Pyrazolones Sara Meninno Angelo Roselli Amedeo Capobianco Jacob Overgaard Alessandra Lattanzi 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02189.s003 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Diastereodivergent_and_Enantioselective_Access_to_Spiroepoxides_via_Organocatalytic_Epoxidation_of_Unsaturated_Pyrazolones/5406679 Readily available chiral amine–thioureas are effective catalysts for the first diastereo- and enantioselective epoxidation of unsaturated pyrazolones. The <i>trans</i>- or <i>cis</i>-spiroepoxides are preferentially obtained in good yield and high to excellent enantioselectivity using an appropriate organocatalyst and <i>tert</i>-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidant. The epoxidation appears applicable to highly challenging β,β′-substituted unsaturated pyrazolones, giving access to spiroepoxides bearing two vicinal quaternary stereocenters. The reaction represents a unique example of Weitz–Scheffer epoxidation, where the catalyst-controlled ring-closure step is usefully exploited to prepare both enantioenriched diastereomeric epoxides. 2017-09-14 14:33:10 enantioenriched diastereomeric epoxides enantioselective epoxidation Unsaturated Pyrazolones pyrazolone vicinal quaternary stereocenters butyl hydroperoxide Enantioselective Access Organocatalytic Epoxidation spiroepoxide catalyst-controlled ring-closure step