摘要:
Various examples of highly diastereoselective aldol reactions are presented where the nonracemic lithium enolate 6 derived from a C4-oxygenated vinylogous urethane reacts in syn fashion to provide upon intramolecular lactonization useful gamma-alkoxy-delta-lactone synthons 12a-f. In one particular example, the result of reaction with an acrolein surrogate, the lactone product 12e is applied in an efficient asymmetric synthesis of(+)-KDO (10 steps, 34% overall yield). Notable transformations include (1) hydrolysis of the vinylogous urethane functionality, (2) stereoselective reduction of the resulting beta-keto-lactone 2, (3) stereoselective dihydroxylation of the vinyl side chain of delta-lactone 17, and (4) addition of alpha-ethoxy-vinyllithium to the lactone carbonyl of 19 to procure the aldulosonic acid residue in 1 upon ozonolysis.