Enantioselective preparation of .beta.-alkyl-.gamma.-butyrolactones from functionalized ketene dithioacetals
作者:Stacie S. Canan Koch、A. Richard Chamberlin
DOI:10.1021/jo00062a013
日期:1993.5
An efficient and general enantioselective synthesis of beta-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactones has been developed. The key step of this procedure is an oxazolidinone-directed alkylation of a lithiated ketene dithioacetal that proceeds with excellent regiochemical control and high diastereofacial selectivity. Reductive removal of the chiral auxiliary followed by acid-induced cyclization of the resultant hydroxy ketene dithioacetal gives the enantiomerically pure beta-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactone.