Asymmetric Syntheses of Chiral Propane-1,3-diols Starting from Malonic Acid
Syntheses of chiral intermediates having one tertiary asymmetric centre were carried out via chiral half-esters of monoalkylmalonic acids.The menthyl half-ester of ethylmalonic acid afforded a single diastereoisomer through crystallisation-induced asymmetric transformation (second-order asymmertic transformation).Furthermore enantioselective preparation of unsymmertical propane-1,3-diol derivatives was achieved by the use of 8-phenylmenthyl half-esters.