Na. Braun et al., SYNTHESIS AND ANIONICALLY INDUCED DOMINO REACTIONS OF CHIRAL ALPHA-BROMO ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ESTERS, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (8), 1998, pp. 1569-1576
The chiral alpha-bromo alpha,beta-unsaturated esters 3 and 9 are prepa
red by asymmetric Sharpless dihydroxylation (AD) of 5 and from ester 7
and the chiral diols 8 by transacetalization, respectively. Both type
s of alpha-bromo alpha,beta-unsaturated ester react with the kinetic L
ithium dienolates of enone 10 to give functionalized tricyclo[3.2.1.0(
2,7)]octanes 11. Esters 3 give one single diastereomer (de greater tha
n or equal to 95%), whereas mixtures of diastereomers (de 28 to 46%) a
re obtained with the esters 9.