Diastereoselective route to enantiomerically pure homoallylic pinene alcohols from myrtenyl bromide and aldehydes
摘要:
With zinc dust in aq. NH4Cl/THF, mytenyl bromide (1) reacts with aldehydes (2) to give simple new pinene alcohols (beta-pinene-3-yl carbinols) (3), which are enantiomerically pure (100% de). The configuration of the new chiral centre at C-11 was determined by oxidation to the ketone 4 and stereoselective reduction to Cram alcohol 3.
With zinc dust in aq. NH4Cl/THF, mytenyl bromide (1) reacts with aldehydes (2) to give simple new pinene alcohols (beta-pinene-3-yl carbinols) (3), which are enantiomerically pure (100% de). The configuration of the new chiral centre at C-11 was determined by oxidation to the ketone 4 and stereoselective reduction to Cram alcohol 3.
Reactions of Myrtenylzinc Bromide with Carbonyl Compounds. Regio- and Diastereo-selectivity.
The organozinc reagent obtained from (-)-myrtenyl bromide and zinc powder in THF, under ultrasonic conditions, reacts rapidly with ketones and aldehydes furnishing homoallylic alcohols in high yields. The reactions were carried out both with preformed allylzinc compound and under Barbier conditions. Significant regio-and diastero-selectivity was observed; aldehydes gave preferentially products from a diastereoselective reaction at the most substituted carbon (gamma-allylation) of the allylzinc reagent, while ketones reacted at the least substituted carbon (alpha-allylation) and generally with less stereoselectivity. The absolute configuration of one of the alcohols was determined based on X-ray diffraction.