Highly enantio- and diastereo-selective synthesis of C2-symmetric 3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol and D2-symmetric cyclohexane-1,2,4,5-tetrol
摘要:
Highly enantio- and diastereo-selective synthesis of C-2-symmetric 3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol 5 and D-2-symmetric cyclohexane-1,2,4,5-tetrol related compounds 7a,b, 10, 11 has been achieved using optically active 4-cyclohexene-1,2-diol (S,S)-1c prepared by an enzymatic procedure.
Diastereoselective Inter- and Intramolecular Pinacol Coupling of Aldehydes Promoted by Monomeric Titanocene(III) Complex Cp2TiPh
摘要:
A monomeric titanocene(III) derivative, Cp2TiPh, effectively promoted the pinacol coupling of both an aromatic aldehyde, benzaldehyde, and an aliphatic aldehyde, 3-phenylpropionaldehyde. The same reactive complex was successfully generated by a catalytic amount of a precursor, Cp2Ti-(PH)Cl and its stoichiometric amount of Zn. The Cp2TiPh-catalyzed pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde derivatives and aliphatic aldehydes afforded the corresponding 1,2-diols in high yields with moderate to good three-selectivity. On the other hand, Cp2TiPh-catalyzed pinacol cyclization of dials gave cyclic 1,2-diols with excellent diastereoselectivity. The extension of this protocol to chiral dials demonstrated that the phenyltitanium complex catalytically transmitted an axial chirality or a central chirality of the starting dials to the central chirality of the resultant l,a-diols.