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A practical new chiral controller for asymmetric Diels-Alder and alkylation reactions
Sarakinos, Georgios,Corey
, p. 1741 - 1744 (2008/02/11)
(formula presented) The enantiomerically pure hydroxy sulfones (+)- and (-)-2 have been prepared from 1,2-epoxycyclohexane by a simple and practical procedure. The acrylate esters of these alcohols undergo BCl3-catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions with a variety of dienes at -78 to -55°C in CH2Cl2 or C7H8 with high dienophile face selectivity (Table 1). The chiral esters so formed are readily cleaved with recovery of the controllers (+)- or (-)-2. Esters of (+)- and (-)-2 can be converted to Z-polassium enolates and alkylated with high face selectivity.