91111-03-4

Upstream product

• 30094-01-0 (E)-(2-phenylethenyl)magnesium bromide 
• 100-52-7 benzaldehyde 
• 116696-50-5 Acetic acid (E)-(S)-1-methyl-2-oxo-4-phenyl-but-3-enyl ester 
• 110-87-2 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran 
• 103635-88-7 (E)-(S)-4-Hydroxy-1-phenyl-pent-1-en-3-one 

Downstream Products

• 91177-70-7 (2R,3R,4E)-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydroxypent-4-ene 
• 67470-74-0 (2S,3R,E)-5-phenylpent-4-ene-2,3-diol 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Fluoride Ion Catalyzed Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones with Hydrosilanes. Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects and an Application to the Threo-Directed Reduction of α-Substituted Alkanones

Reduction of aldehydes and ketones with hydrosilanes proceeded in the presence of a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium fluoride or tris(diethylamino)sulfonium difluorotrimethylsilicate in aprotic polar solvents under mild conditions.A significant isotope effect (kH/kD = 1.50) was observed in competitive reduction of acetophenone with HSiMe2Ph and DSiMe2Ph.The reaction was of first order in the concentration of an aprotic polar solvent HMPA.Reduction of 2-methylcyclohexanone gave cis-2-methylcyclohexanol with selectivities up to 95percent.The kinetic and stereochemical results suggest that a hexavalent fluorosilicate - is involved. α-Alkoxy (acyloxy or dimethylamino) ketones were transformed to threo alcohols in high diastereoselectivities.The reduction was also applied to α-methyl-β-keto amides, RCOCH(MeCONR)2, to afford the corresponding threo alcohols in >98percent selectivity.The threo selectivity is explained in terms of the Felkin-Anh model in which interaction of carbonyl oxygen with a countercation is ideally suppressed.The threo-directed reduction was applied to (R)-1-phenyl-4-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)-1-penten-3-one and N-(2-benzoylpropanoyl)piperidine.The resulting threo alcohols were respectively converted into (2R,3S)-2,3-(cyclohexylidenedioxy)butanal, a key intermediate of daunosamine synthesis, and into a pharmacologically useful compound threo-N-(3-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-phenylpropyl)piperidine.

SYNTHESIS OF 1-SUBSTITUTED (S)-4-ACETOXY-1-PENTEN-3-ONES USING (S)-LACTIC ACID AS A CHIRAL SOURCE AND THEIR SYNTHETIC REACTIONS

Ylide reaction of (S)-3-acetoxy-1-triphenylphosphoranylidene-2-butanone, derived from (S)-lactic acid, with aldehydes gives 1-substituted (S)-4-acetoxy-1-penten-3-one derivatives, which are shown to be transformed into useful chiral compouds by stereosele