Preparation of Homochiral Crown Ether containing (S)-1-(1-Adamantyl)ethane-1,2-diol as a Chiral Subunit and its Enantioselective Complexation with an Organic Ammonium Cation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(94)80125-8

Homochiral 1-(1-adamantyl)ethane-1,2-diol (5) was prepared and its absolute configuration was determined to be (S)-(+)-5 by enzymatic and 1H n.m.r. spectroscopic methods.Using (S)-(+)-5 as a chiral subunit, the homochiral crown ether (+)-18 was synthesize