BINAPHTHOL-TITANIUM-PROMOTED, HIGHLY ENANTIOCONTROLLED, DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITIONS OF ELECTRONICALLY MATCHED 2-PYRONES AND VINYL ETHERS - STREAMLINED ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF AN A-RING PRECURSOR TO PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYVITAMIN D-3 STEROIDS
Gh. Posner et al., BINAPHTHOL-TITANIUM-PROMOTED, HIGHLY ENANTIOCONTROLLED, DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITIONS OF ELECTRONICALLY MATCHED 2-PYRONES AND VINYL ETHERS - STREAMLINED ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF AN A-RING PRECURSOR TO PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYVITAMIN D-3 STEROIDS, Tetrahedron letters, 35(41), 1994, pp. 7541-7544
Bicyclic lactones 4, A-ring precursors to diverse physiologically acti
ve 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D-3 analogs, were prepared in excellent yiel
ds and enantiomeric purities via chiral, non-racemic Lewis acid-promot
ed, mild, inverse-electron-demand 4+2-cycloadditions.