DIISOPROPYL TARTRATE-MODIFIED )-GAMMA-[(MENTHOFURYL)DIMETHYLSILYL]ALLYLBORONATE, AN IMPROVED CHIRAL REAGENT FOR THE ANTI-ALPHA-HYDROXYALLYLATION OF ALDEHYDES - APPLICATION TO THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (-)-SWAINSONINE
Ja. Hunt et Wr. Roush, DIISOPROPYL TARTRATE-MODIFIED )-GAMMA-[(MENTHOFURYL)DIMETHYLSILYL]ALLYLBORONATE, AN IMPROVED CHIRAL REAGENT FOR THE ANTI-ALPHA-HYDROXYALLYLATION OF ALDEHYDES - APPLICATION TO THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (-)-SWAINSONINE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(4), 1995, pp. 501-504
An enantioselective synthesis of anti 1,2-diols via the reactions of a
ldehydes and the tartrate ester-modified (E)-gamma-(menthofurylsilyl)a
llylboronate 5 has been developed. This methodology is applied to a br
ief, enantioselective synthesis of (-)-swainsonine.