Oxazaborolidine-catalysed reduction of alk-2-ene-1,4diones.: A convenient access to chiral 1,4-diols

被引:35
作者
Bach, J [1 ]
Berenguer, R [1 ]
Garcia, J [1 ]
López, M [1 ]
Manzanal, J [1 ]
Vilarrasa, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Barcelona, Dept Quim Organ, Div 3, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
关键词
asymmetric synthesis; diols; oxazaborolidines; reduction;
D O I
10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00936-3
中图分类号
O62 [有机化学];
学科分类号
070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An efficient method for the preparation of C-2-symmetric, chiral alk-2-ene-1,4-diols (4) has been achieved, based on the borane-mediated reduction of symmetric alk-2-ene-1,4-diones (2) in the presence of oxazaborolidine (R)-1. In general, the presence of the double bond in 2 has been beneficial (compared with the related saturated 1,4-diketones 3) not only as far as the stereoselectivity in the reduction step is concerned, but also because it allowed us to remove meso-4 by chomatography and/or to improve the stereochemical purity of several resulting mixtures of diols 4 by Sharpless' epoxidation. Enantioenriched compounds 4 have been readily reduced to saturated diols with negligible loss of optical purity. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:14947 / 14962
页数:16
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