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Resolution of (S,S)-4-(2,2,4-trimethylchroman-4-yl)phenyl camphanate and its 4-chromanyl epimer by crystallization
Catharine Esterhuysen1, Martin W Bredenkamp, Gareth O Lloyd
1Department of Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. ce@sun.ac.za
Abstract:
Dianin's compound (4-p-hydroxyphenyl-2,2,4-trimethylchroman) has been resolved by crystallization of the (S)-(-)-camphanic esters (S,S)- and (R,S)-4-(2,2,4-trimethylchroman-4-yl)phenyl 4,7,7-trimethyl-3-oxo-2-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-1-carboxylate, both C28H32O5, from 2-methoxyethanol, yielding the pure S,S diastereomer. The relative stereochemistry of both diastereomers has been determined by X-ray crystallography, from which the absolute stereochemistry could be deduced from the known configuration of the camphanate moiety. The crystallographic conformations have been analysed, including the 1:1 disorder of the R,S diastereomer.
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