Química Nova (Jan 2007)

Indução assimétrica 1,5-Anti na adição de enolatos de boro de metilcetonas beta-oxigenadas a aldeídos 1,5-Asymmetric induction in the boron-mediated aldol reaction of beta-oxygenated methyl ketones

  • Luiz C. Dias,
  • Andrea M. Aguilar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422007000800036
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 8
pp. 2007 – 2015

Abstract

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High levels of substrate-based 1,5-stereoinduction are obtained in the boron-mediated aldol reactions of beta-oxygenated methyl ketones with achiral and chiral aldehydes. Remote induction from the boron enolates gives the 1,5-anti adducts, with the enolate pi-facial selectivity critically dependent upon the nature of the beta-alkoxy protecting group. This 1,5-anti aldol methodology has been strategically employed in the total synthesis of several natural products. At present, the origin of the high level of 1,5-anti induction obtained with the boron enolates is unclear, although a model based on a hydrogen bonding between the alkoxy oxygen and the formyl hydrogen has been recently proposed.

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