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CHIRAL SYNTHESIS OF (R)-(+)-CITRONELLAL VIA STEREOSELECTIVE PROTONATION
Takano, Seiichi,Chiba, Hiroyuki,Kudo, Junko,Takahashi, Michiyasu,Ogasawara, Kunio
, p. 2461 - 2468 (2007/10/02)
Protonation of the enolates (8) and (12) generated from an epimeric mixture of the α,γ-disubstituted γ-lactone (7) is shown to yield the syn-α/γ-disubstituted γ-lactone (10) predominant over the anti-α/γ-disubstituted γ-lactone (11).When the silyl enol ether (12) generated in situ is protonated with trifluoroacetic acid, the best selectivity is obtained.The syn-epimer (10) thus obtained is converted into (R)-(+)-citronellal (17) in four steps of reactions.