THE HYDROXYPINANONE AS CHIRAL AUXILIARY IN MICHAEL ADDITIONS - AN INVERSION OF DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY AT LOW CONCENTRATION OF ENOLATE, A SUBSTRATE-DIRECTED APPROACH
A. Solladiecavallo et al., THE HYDROXYPINANONE AS CHIRAL AUXILIARY IN MICHAEL ADDITIONS - AN INVERSION OF DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY AT LOW CONCENTRATION OF ENOLATE, A SUBSTRATE-DIRECTED APPROACH, Synlett, (2), 1997, pp. 217
Inversion of diastereoselectivity (from 90-98% S to 90-95% R) was obse
rved for Michael additions as a function of the starting chiral enolat
e concentration. It is also shown that catalytic amount of a phosphaze
ne base (t-Oct-P2) allowed rapid reaction (1h), total conversion and h
igh (90%) R-diastereoselectivity.