W. Oppolzer et al., ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF (-)-DENTICULATIN-A AND (-)-DENTICULATIN-B VIAGROUP-SELECTIVE ALDOLIZATION OF A MESO DIALDEHYDE WITH A CHIRAL N-PROPIONYLSULTAM, Tetrahedron letters, 36(25), 1995, pp. 4413-4416
Aldolization of meso dialdehyde 3 with a borylenolate obtained from ch
iral N-propionylsultam 4 yields efficiently lactols 5 with simultaneou
s generation of five stereogenic centers. Dithioketalization/O-desilyl
ation of 5 affords acyclic diol 9 which is converted into the marine p
olypropionates 1a and 1b via the asymmetric alkylation of N-propionylt
oluenesultam 11 and the aldol coupling 10 + 15 --> 16.