TANDEM-BISALKYLATION OF 2-TRIALKYLSILYL-1,3-DITHIANE - A NEW SEQUENTIAL TRANSFORMATION FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF C2-SYMMETRICAL ENANTIOPURE 1,5-DIOLS AND BETA-BETA'-DIHYDROXYKETONES AS WELL AS OF ENANTIOPURE 1,3,5-TRIOLS
Lf. Tietze et al., TANDEM-BISALKYLATION OF 2-TRIALKYLSILYL-1,3-DITHIANE - A NEW SEQUENTIAL TRANSFORMATION FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF C2-SYMMETRICAL ENANTIOPURE 1,5-DIOLS AND BETA-BETA'-DIHYDROXYKETONES AS WELL AS OF ENANTIOPURE 1,3,5-TRIOLS, Synlett, (7), 1994, pp. 511-512
The synthesis of C2-symmetrical enantiopure 1,5-diols and 3-oxo-1,5-di
ols as well as of enantiopure 1,3,5-triols by a new tandem-reaction co
nsisting of a bisalkylation of lithiated 2-trialkylsilyl-1,3-dithiane
with epoxides in the presence of a crown ether is described.