Ab. Charette et al., THE 2-BENZYLOXYTETRAHYDROPYRANYL GROUP AS A CHIRAL AUXILIARY FOR THE NUCLEOPHILIC-ADDITION TO ALPHA-ALKOXY ALDEHYDES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(47), 1995, pp. 8561-8564
The addition of Grignard reagents, hydride reagents and crotylstannane
s to an alpha-alkoxy carbonyl bearing the 2-benzyloxytetrahydropyranyl
group showed good levels of diastereofacial control. The sense of ind
uction was the same as that reported for the addition of allylSnBu(3).
An important solvent effect consistent with the proposed transition s
tate model was observed in these reactions.