350795-03-8Relevant articles and documents
Practical synthesis of chiral emopamil left hand as a bioactive motif.
Kimura, Teiji,Yamamoto, Noboru,Suzuki, Yuichi,Kawano, Koki,Norimine, Yoshihiko,Ito, Koichi,Nagato, Satoshi,Iimura, Yoichi,Yonaga, Masahiro
, p. 6228 - 6231 (2002)
An asymmetric synthesis of (2S)-2-(2-isopropyl)-5-hydroxy-2-phenylpentanenitrile (emopamil left hand, 2) has been completed by use of the MAD (methyl aluminum bis(4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxide)-induced rearrangement of a chiral epoxyalcohol as the key reaction. The stereochemistry of the chiral quaternary center was confirmed by transformation of 2 to (S)-noremopamil. This method requires minimal purification procedures and affords high chemical and optical yields. Acid-catalyzed isomerization of an allylaldehyde and retro-aldol type racemization at the quaternary carbon of a nitrile-alcohol were encountered.