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Diastereofacial selectivity in ketene [2+2] cycloaddition to endocyclic enecarbamates bearing a chiral auxiliary. Synthesis of the (−)-Geissman-Waiss lactone

✍ Scribed by Paulo Cesar M.L. Miranda; Carlos Roque D. Correia


Book ID
104262416
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
French
Weight
201 KB
Volume
40
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


The diastereofacial selectivity of enecarbamates bearing a chiral auxiliary was evaluated for the [2+2]cycloaddition with dichloroketenes. Diastereofacial selectivity ranged from zero (bornyl and menthyl) to 60% (Greene's auxiliary and 8-phenylmenthyl). Chromatography separation of the diastereomeric azacyclobutanones derived from the 8-phenylmenthyl enecarbamate permitted an enantiodivergent synthesis of the (-)-Geissman-Waiss lactone, a key intermediate in the synthesis of necine bases.