Homo- vs. heterometallic organoaluminum fencholates: Structures and selectivities
摘要:
Homo (Al)- and heterometallic (Al, Li)-fencholates and TADDOLates (5-12) yield in methylations of benzaldehyde 1-phenylethanol with up to 90% ee. Surprisingly, the new BISFOL-based (Al, Li)- heterometallic fencholate (11) shows an strong increase and a change of the sense of enantioselectivity from 19% ee (S) to 62% ee (R) in comparison to its (Al)-homometallic fencholate (7). Despite of the presence of nucleophilic methylide groups, the O-BIFOL-based (Al, Li)-heterometallic fencholate (10) yields a stable complex with benzaldehyde, a lithium ion binds the carbonyl group. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Surprising fenchone induced cyclization: synthesis of the new chiral diol biphenyl-2,2′-sulfone-3,3′-bisfenchol (BISFOL)
摘要:
The new chiral diol BISFOL (biphenyl-2,2'-sulfone-3,3'-bisfenchol) is surprisingly formed by cyclization of diphenylsulfone after treatment with n-buthyllithium at -78 degrees C and subsequent addition of (-)-fenchone. Formation of fenchyl alcohol as byproduct points to a Meisenheimer intermediate as primary cyclization product, which transfers lithium hydride yielding the cyclic sulfone. As a chiral and chelating ligand, BISFOL catalyzes enantioselective diorganozinc additions to aldehydes and forms with dimethylzinc an unprecedented, macrocyclic, dimeric methylzinc complex. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.