Silver(I) oxide mediated highly selective monotosylation of symmetrical diols. Application to the synthesis of
Abderrahim Bouzide1, Gilles Sauvé
1Pharmacor Inc., 535 Boulevard Cartier Ouest, Laval, QC, Canada H7V 3S8. abouzide@invenux.com
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] The reaction of symmetrical diols and oligo(ethylene glycol)s with a stoichiometric amount of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in the presence of silver(I) oxide and a catalytic amount of potassium iodide led selectively to the monotosylate derivatives in high yields. Polysubstituted cyclic ethers were obtained readily upon treatment of the corresponding diols with an excess of silver oxide. The high selectivity was explained on the basis of the difference in acidity between the two hydroxy groups, which undergo an intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
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