Preparation, Absolute Configuration and Conformation of Some α-Aryl-2-pyridylmethanols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.60.2651

The syntheses of five optically active α-aryl-2-pyridylmethanols 1-5 are described.It is shown by means of chemical correlation with the known (-)-(α-R,2S)-α-phenyl-2-piperidylmethanol 6 that all levo-rotatory isomers 1-4 are of R configuration.It is also found via the relative integral intensities in the infrared spectra of the bands due to free and intramolecularly bonded hydroxyl groups in the compounds 1-4 and the free hydroxyl groups in the model compounds 7-10, that the population of the conformers with an intramolecular OH...N bond in compounds 1-4 exceds 80percent.