An Approach to Catalytic Enantioselective Protonation of Prochiral Lithium Enolates
โ Scribed by Pierre Riviere; Kenji Koga
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 517 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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โฆ Synopsis
Protonationof prochirallithiumenolates(4), preparedfromracemic2substituted-1 -tetralones(2) via their silyl enolethers(3), withexcesssuccinimidein the presenceof lithiumbromideand0.2equivalentof a chiraltetmdentateamine((R)-1)in tolueneat -78'Cgaveopticallyactive2 in upto 83%ee. @1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Enantioselective protonationof prochiralenolatesis a promisingmethodforthepreparationof optically activecarbonylcompoundshavinga chiraltertiarycarbonat the a-positionof thecarbonylgroup,becausethis methodmakesit possibleto convertthe racemiccarbonylcompoundsintothe correspondingopticallyactive ones. Sincethe pioneeringworkby Duhamel,3 manyexampleshavebeenreportedto date,4includingcatalytic versionsof this process.5
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