Abstract
The Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction of enol ethers derived from their corresponding cyclic ketones, gave α-hydroxyketones with high enantioselectivity. The enantiomeric excess was found to be proportional to the length of the unbranched enol ether chain with a maximum ee for the pentyl enol ether. An efficient synthesis of α-hydroxy chromanone in >90% ee was demonstrated using this method.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8088-8091 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 17 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Organic Chemistry