ASYMMETRIC FUNCTIONALIZATION OF PROCHIRAL 1,3-DIOLS BASED ON AN EFFICIENT 1,6-CHIRAL INDUCTION - THE DIASTEREOSELECTIVE C-O BOND FISSION INCHIRAL BETA-ARYLSULFINYL ACETAL VIA 2 TYPES OF CHELATION CONTROL
C. Iwata et al., ASYMMETRIC FUNCTIONALIZATION OF PROCHIRAL 1,3-DIOLS BASED ON AN EFFICIENT 1,6-CHIRAL INDUCTION - THE DIASTEREOSELECTIVE C-O BOND FISSION INCHIRAL BETA-ARYLSULFINYL ACETAL VIA 2 TYPES OF CHELATION CONTROL, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (6), 1992, pp. 516-518
The novel asymmetric functionalisation of a prochiral 1,3-diol is acco
mplished by the diastereoselective C-O bond fission of the chiral beta
-arylsulfinyl acetal via two types of chelation controlled transition
states (A and C in Scheme 4).