ASYMMETRIC DESYMMETRIZATION OF PROCHIRAL 1,3-DIOLS VIA DIASTEREOSELECTIVE C-O BOND FISSION OF BICYCLIC ACETAL USING A CHIRAL SULFOXIDE AS ACHIRAL AUXILIARY
N. Maezaki et al., ASYMMETRIC DESYMMETRIZATION OF PROCHIRAL 1,3-DIOLS VIA DIASTEREOSELECTIVE C-O BOND FISSION OF BICYCLIC ACETAL USING A CHIRAL SULFOXIDE AS ACHIRAL AUXILIARY, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 44(6), 1996, pp. 1146-1151
Asymmetric desymmetrization of a prochiral 1,3-diol was established by
diastereoselective C-O bond fission of the chiral alpha-sulfinyl acet
al 6, Treatment of 6 with titanium tetrachloride afforded mainly 7a vi
a an oxonium intermediate, while with lithium diisopropylamide 7b was
selectively obtained, in diastereoselective beta-elimination followed
by an olefin isomerization.