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Asymmetric induction via an intramolecular haloetherification reaction of chiral ene acetals: A novel approach to optically active 1,4- and 1,5-diols
Fujioka, Hiromichi,Kitagawa, Hidetoshi,Nagatomi, Yasushi,Kita, Yasuyuki
, p. 7309 - 7315 (1996)
An asymmetric synthesis of chiral 1,4- and 1,5-diols has been developed from the ene acetals 1a and 1c, prepared from the corresponding aldehydes and chiral C2-symmetric diols, involving remote asymmetric induction as a key step. In the first step, treatment of 1 with I(coll)2ClO4 in the presence of an alcohol afforded the macrocyclic acetals (3-5 and 7) in a highly stereoselective manner. Subsequent nucleophilic substitution of iodide followed by a Grignard reaction with complete retention of stereochemistry and a final deprotection of the diphenylethylene or diphenylpropylene unit successfully gave optically active 1,4- and 1,5-diols in good yields.
