Pj. Nadkarni et al., H-1-NMR CORRELATION OF CHIRAL 3-PHENYLBUTANOATES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF CHIRAL ALCOHOLS, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(8), 1995, pp. 2001-2010
A study of diastereoselective 1,4-addition of phenyl Grignard has been
attempted on some chiral crotonates. The Pi-facial selectivities in t
hese reactions have been determined on the basis of specific rotations
of the hydrolysis product, namely 3-phenyl butanoic acid (3PBA). Corr
elation of these results with the results obtained from (1)HNMR shield
ings arising due to phenyl anisotropy, has led to conformational corre
lation model for the determination of absolute stereochemistry of chir
al alcohols.