SYNTHESIS OF THE C(3)-C(15) SEGMENT OF RUTAMYCIN-B VIA A C(8)-C(9) FRAGMENT ASSEMBLY ALDOL REACTION - METAL DEPENDENCE OF THE ALDEHYDE AND ENOLATE DIASTEREOFACIAL SELECTIVITIES
The diastereofacial selectivities of aldehyde 2b and ketone 3 are metal dependent, and their fragment assembly aldol coupling is a matched double asymmetric reaction when a chlorortitanium enolate is used.