Stereoselective reduction of benzoin by the NADH model 3-(dimethylcarbamoyl)-1,2,4-trimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine
โ Scribed by Nicoline A. Beijer; Jozef A. J. M. Vekemans; Henk M. Buck
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 109
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0513
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
The Mg(ClO~4~)~2~โinduced reduction of racemic benzoin by the racemic NADH model compound 3โ(dimethylcarbamoyl)โ1,2,4โtrimethylโ1,4โdihydropyridine (1), in accordance to Cram's rule, leads exclusively to mesoโ1,2โdiphenylโ1,2โethanediol. However, while Rโ1 equally reduces 5โbenzoin to afford mesoโ1,2โdiphenylโ1,2โethanediol, Sโ1 is reluctant to react with Sโbenzoin. The intermediacy of a strictly organized transition state, composed of chelated substrate, dihydropyridine and magnesium ion is involved.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
In the reduction of ketones with NADH mimics, (Ss)-l-substituled 3-(p-tolylsulfinyl)-1,4-dihydropyridines 1, the stereospecific transfer of one of the C-4 hydrogens, which is syn to the S-O bond, was experimentally revealed to be involved by employing the 2-methyl derivative 2 and the 4-deuterated d