A new and efficient route to homochiral γ-hydroxysulfoxides and γ-hydroxysulfones
摘要:
Readily available (+)- (R)-1,3-diphenyl-3-phenylsulfanyl-propan-1-one 1 was oxidized to the corresponding sulfone and its reduction gave separable (1R,3R)- and (1S,3R)-1,3-diphenyl-3-phenylsulfonylpropan-1-ols. When I was reduced to the mixture of epimeric alcohols, subsequent reaction with three different sulfoxidation agents allowed the separation of all four diastereomeric, 1,3-diphenyl-3-phenylsulfinylpropan-1-ols in diastereomerically pure form. The absolute configuration at the newly created stereogenic carbon was proved by chemical correlation, while the configuration of the sulfur centre of the phenylsulfinyl group was established by CD spectroscopy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Opticallyactive (3R,1RS)-3-aryl-1-phenyl-3-phenylsulfanyl-1-propanols were easily dehydrated forming mainly rac-cis-2-aryl-4-phenylthiochroman, and rac-cis-4-aryl-2-phenylthiochroman along with the corresponding trans-isomers. The observed reaction outcome (rearrangement and racemisation) apparently results from the SEAr reaction involving the unusual 1,3-phenylsulfanyl group migration. This interpretation
Readily available (+)- (R)-1,3-diphenyl-3-phenylsulfanyl-propan-1-one 1 was oxidized to the corresponding sulfone and its reduction gave separable (1R,3R)- and (1S,3R)-1,3-diphenyl-3-phenylsulfonylpropan-1-ols. When I was reduced to the mixture of epimeric alcohols, subsequent reaction with three different sulfoxidation agents allowed the separation of all four diastereomeric, 1,3-diphenyl-3-phenylsulfinylpropan-1-ols in diastereomerically pure form. The absolute configuration at the newly created stereogenic carbon was proved by chemical correlation, while the configuration of the sulfur centre of the phenylsulfinyl group was established by CD spectroscopy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.