The protecting-group-freeasymmetrictotalsynthesis of (−)-rosmarinecine was achieved in only four steps from the commercially available (±)-3-hydroxypyrrolidine hydrochloride (2a). The key steps include the direct oxidation of (±)-2a to (±)-3-hydroxy-1-pyrroline N-oxide (1a) using the Davis reagent and the domino reaction; viz., the lipase-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution of (±)-1a with 1-ethoxyvinyl
Tunable Diastereoselection of Biased Rigid Systems by Lewis Acid Induced Conformational Effects: A Rationalization of the Vinylation of Cyclic Nitrones En Route to Polyhydroxylated Pyrrolidines
biased rigid systems can be modulated by the action of Lewis acids. As an example, the stereoselectivity of the nucleophilic addition of vinyl magnesium bromide (VMB) to cyclic nitrones in the presence of diethylaluminum chloride (DEAC) shows a strong dependence on the temperature and the carbon substituent adjacent at the reaction center; it is remarkable that whereas a high selectivity is obtained