An Efficient Diastereoselective Reduction of α-Alkyl-β-keto Carbonitriles with TiCl4/BH3 or LiBH4/CeCl3 to syn- or anti-α-Alkyl-β-hydroxy Carbonitriles
作者:Renato Dalpozzo、Giuseppe Bartoli、Marcella Bosco、Antonio De Nino、Antonio Procopio、Letizia Sambri、Antonio Tagarelli
DOI:10.1002/1099-0690(200108)2001:15<2971::aid-ejoc2971>3.0.co;2-k
日期:2001.8
alpha -Alkyl-beta -keto carbonitriles can be reduced stereoselectively to syn- and anti-alpha -alkyl-beta -hydroxy carbonitriles. The stereoselectivity can be explained in terms of properties of the Lewis acid employed. TiCl4 in noncoordinating solvents such as dichloromethane, followed by reduction with the borane/pyridine complex, predominantly led to the syrz-alpha -alkyl-beta -hydroxy carbonitriles, according to a chelate transition state, whereas CeCl3 in coordinating solvents such as THF, followed by reduction with LiBH4, predominantly led to the anti-isomers, in agreement with an open-chain transition state. The reduction to syn-alpha -alkyl-beta -hydroxy carbonitriles is the first general preparation of these compounds.