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tert-Butyldimethylsilyl-directed highly enantioselective approach to axially chiral α-allenols
Juntao Ye1, Wu Fan, Shengming Ma
1State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, PR China.
Abstract:
A highly efficient and enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral α-allenols was realized in practical yields with 96-99% ee or de from TBS-protected propargylic alcohols, aldehydes, and a commercially available, inexpensive, chiral, secondary amine (S)-α,α-diphenylprolinol or its enantiomer followed by desilylation. The easily removable TBS group not only acts as a protecting group, but also as a possible sterically directing group for the excellent enantioselectivity and in situ prevention of possible allene racemization.
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