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
摘要:
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.
Versatile .beta.-ketoester and .beta.-ketonitrile synthesis through sulfide contraction
作者:Kazumi Shiosaki、Gregor Fels、Henry Rapoport
DOI:10.1021/jo00329a017
日期:1981.7
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
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.
SHIOSAKI, KAZUMI;FELS, GREGOR;RAPOPORT, HENRY, J. ORG. CHEM., 1981, 46, N 16, 3230-3234