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An Approach to Catalytic Enantioselective Protonation of Prochiral Lithium Enolates

โœ 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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โœฆ 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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