G. Poli et al., DIASTEREOSELECTIVE ADDITION OF ORGANOMETALLIC REAGENTS TO NOR-EPHEDRINE-DERIVED 2-ACYL-N-TOSY-OXAZOLDINES, Synlett, (1), 1995, pp. 71-73
Addition of carbanionic reagents to the 2-acyl-N-tosyl-oxazolidines 1
and 11 has been studied. Organolithium and organomagnesium reagents ad
d to the methyl ketone I with remarkable Re and Si pi-face selectivity
respectively. With phenyl ketone 11 only organomagnesium reagents fol
low the above trend. Models accounting for the observed stereochemical
behavior are proposed.