Ei. Troyansky et al., REMOTE ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION IN FREE-RADICAL CYCLOADDITION LEADING TO TRANS-CYCLOHEXANO-FUSED 12-MEMBERED CROWN THIOETHERS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(13), 1995, pp. 2293-2294
Homolytic cycloaddition of dithiol 1, derived from trans-1,2-cyclohexa
nediol, to alkynes induced by Pr3B-O-2 occurs with 1,6-asymmetric indu
ction to afford predominantly (1S, 6R*, 12S*)-trans-cyclohexano-fused
12-membered crown thialactones 4a-c. No pronounced diasteroselectivit
y was found in the corresponding reactions of dithiol 2, derived from
cis-1, 2-cyclohexanediol.