(S)-2-(Dibenzylamino)-3-phenylpropanal as a chiral auxiliary: a new strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of 2-substituted alcohols
摘要:
The high levels of 1,2-stereocontrol observed in nucleophilic additions to (S)-2-(dibenzylamino)-3-phenylpropanal (available in three high-yielding steps from L-phenylalanine) can be converted to remote 1,4-stereocontrol by a stereospecific rearrangement if the nucleophile is a vinyl anion equivalent. Ozonolysis of the product followed by reductive work-up returns an enantiomerically pure 2-substituted alcohol, along with the (S)-2-(dibenzylamino)-3-phenylpropan-1-ol precursor to the starting aldehyde, which functions as a chiral auxiliary. The sequence provides a new strategy for the use of aldehydes as chiral auxiliaries in the synthesis of chiral alcohols bearing oxygen-or carbon-based 2-substituents. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
β-alkyl substituted γ-lactones and whiskey lactone analogues were synthesized, and the odor properties were evaluated. During the preparation of the chiral intermediates, we found good reaction conditions for the highly enantioselective esterification of 3-arylmethyl-2-methyl-1-propanols to kinetically resolve them. The results of the olfactoryevaluations of the synthesized lactones revealed that the alkyl