N. Maezaki et al., 1,6-ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION BY REDUCTIVE ACETAL CLEAVAGE OF A BICYCLIC ACETAL USING A SULFINYL CHIRAL AUXILIARY, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 46(5), 1998, pp. 837-841
A new synthetic route to a chiral 2,5-disubstituted tetrahydropyran ha
s been achieved by asymmetric reductive acetal cleavage of a bicyclic
acetal having a chiral sulfinyl group as a chiral auxiliary. It was fo
und that the (5S)-tetrahydropyran was obtained preferentially (up to 9
6:4) with an R-sulfinyl chiral auxiliary by an efficient 1,6-asymmetri
c induction from sulfinyl chirality to the prochiral center on the bic
yclic ring.