ISSN:
1434-193X
Keywords:
Axial chirality
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Biaryls
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Atropisomerism
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Dynamic kinetic resolution
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Asymmetric synthesis
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Configurationally unstable lactone-bridged biaryls 4 are cleaved atropo-diastereoselectively using chiral menthol-derived alkali metal alkoxides, to give axially chiral biaryl esters of type 5 in high yields and excellent diastereomeric ratios of up to 〉 99:1. The method permits the optional preparation of each of the two atropisomers from the same lactone precursor (“atropo-divergence”), simply according to the choice of the appropiate mentholate or its enantiomer as the O-nucleophile - or by the use of the mentholate in solution or in suspension. Undesired minor atropisomers of 5 possibly formed (if at all) can be recycled (“axially chiral economy”) by cyclization back to the lactone 4. For the preparation of larger amounts of enantiopure biaryl alcohols 9, an efficient reaction sequence was developed: alcoholysis of 4 → in situ reduction → crystallization. The synthetic value of these alcoholysis reactions for asymmetric biaryl synthesis is illustrated by the transformation of 5 into a broad series of enantiopure biaryls of type 6 with various functional groups ortho to the axis.
Additional Material:
4 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
