ISSN:
1434-4475
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Reduction (both catalytically and with complex hydrides) of the diphenyl diketones1 (a, b, c andd withn=0, 2, 3 and 4) was investigated mainly with regard to the diastereomeric ratio of the diols2. For2 a and2 b exact results were obtained by NMR spectroscopy (without or with shift reagents) of the diol mixture (2 a) or after stereoselective cyclization to the cyclic ethers (3 b). AlsoGC andLLC were employed for the analysis of2 a (GC of the trimethylsilyl derivatives) and for the ethers3, resp. (GC for3 a and3 d;LLC for3 b and3 c). The reduction of1 a, 1 b (and in part1 c) proceeds with high stereoselectivity; themeso-diol preponderates in the case of2 a, therac.-diol for2 b and2 c; with increasingn the diastereomeric ratio approaches the statistical ratio of 1∶1. Preparations of the stereoisomeric diols (2 b, c andd via acetylenic precursors) and of the cyclic diphenyl ethers (by stereoselective cyclization and/or chromatographic separation;3 c and3 d for the first time) as well as the determination of their configurations are described. The latter was achieved by NMR and for the ethers3 also by hydrogenation of the corresponding heteroaromatics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00914517
