Regioselective reductive opening of substituted phthalans: synthetic applications
摘要:
The reductive opening of substituted phthalans 6, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 28 with lithium and a catalytic amount of DTBB leads to the formation of corresponding functionalised organolithium intermediates 8, 15, 16, 23, 25 and 29+30 in a regioselective manner. The further reaction of these dianions with different electrophiles, mainly carbonyl compounds, gives the expected functionalised benzylic alcohols 9, 17, 18, 24, 26 and 31+32. The observed stereochemistry can be easily explained taking into account the values of the electron densities deduced by semiempirical PM3 calculations. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Regioselective reductive opening of substituted phthalans: synthetic applications
摘要:
The reductive opening of substituted phthalans 6, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 28 with lithium and a catalytic amount of DTBB leads to the formation of corresponding functionalised organolithium intermediates 8, 15, 16, 23, 25 and 29+30 in a regioselective manner. The further reaction of these dianions with different electrophiles, mainly carbonyl compounds, gives the expected functionalised benzylic alcohols 9, 17, 18, 24, 26 and 31+32. The observed stereochemistry can be easily explained taking into account the values of the electron densities deduced by semiempirical PM3 calculations. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.