New insights into the reduction of β,δ-diketo-sulfoxides
摘要:
New developments in the reduction of beta,delta-diketo-sulfoxides, a reaction that affords important key intermediates for total synthesis, are described. We showed without ambiguity using NMR experiments, that the beta-carbonyl group is totally enolised. This result is inconsistent with the previous hypothesis, which supposed the other tautomer (enolisation at the delta-position) as the major one. We propose a rationale to explain the side reactions occurring during the reduction of unprotected beta,delta-diketo-sulfoxides and showed that judicious protection of the delta-carbonyl group gave all diastereoisomers of beta-hydroxy-delta-ketosulfoxides. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
New insights into the reduction of β,δ-diketo-sulfoxides
摘要:
New developments in the reduction of beta,delta-diketo-sulfoxides, a reaction that affords important key intermediates for total synthesis, are described. We showed without ambiguity using NMR experiments, that the beta-carbonyl group is totally enolised. This result is inconsistent with the previous hypothesis, which supposed the other tautomer (enolisation at the delta-position) as the major one. We propose a rationale to explain the side reactions occurring during the reduction of unprotected beta,delta-diketo-sulfoxides and showed that judicious protection of the delta-carbonyl group gave all diastereoisomers of beta-hydroxy-delta-ketosulfoxides. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Enantiomerically pure (E)-beta-sulfinylenones are smoothly prepared from beta-ketoesters in three steps with good overall yield. Since they can be the substrates of many diastereoselective reactions, they represent versatile precursors of a wide range of chiral building blocks. We propose a rationale to explain the formation of (E)-beta-sulfinylen ones from the corresponding delta-enol-methylethers. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.