Abstract
The use of enantiomerically pure sultams (+)-1 and (-)-1 as practical chiral auxiliaries for asymmetric alkylation reactions is described in full. Deprotonation of the N-acylated products derived from the auxiliaries with sodium hexamethyldisilazide followed by treatment with alkyl halides gave products with high diastereoselectivity. On treatment with excess racemic α- bromopropanoate or α-bromobutanoate, the enolates of the corresponding N- acyl sultam underwent highly diastereoselective alkylations to afford products with a complete absolute control of two contiguous chiral centres.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13983-13998 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 49 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Dec 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Asymmetric alkylation
- Chiral suitams
- Kinetic resolution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry