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Retropinacol/Cross-pinacol Coupling Reactions - A Catalytic Access to 1,2-Unsymmetrical Diols
Published on: April 4, 2014
Systematic synthetic study of four diastereomerically distinct limonene-1,2-diols and their corresponding cyclic
Hiroshi Morikawa1, Jun-Ichi Yamaguchi1, Shun-Ichi Sugimura1
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030, Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0292, Japan.
Abstract:
In order to produce versatile and potentially functional terpene-based compounds, a (R)-limonene-derived diol and its corresponding five-membered cyclic carbonate were prepared. The diol (cyclic carbonate) comprises four diastereomers based on the stereochemical configuration of the diol (and cyclic carbonate) moiety. By choosing the appropriate starting compounds (trans- and cis-limonene oxide) and conditions, the desired diastereomers were synthesised in moderate to high yields with, in most cases, high stereoselectivity. Comparison of the NMR data of the obtained diols and carbonates revealed that the four different diastereomers of each compound could be distinguished by reference to their characteristic signals.
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