Efficient Preparation of 1,3-Diol Derivatives with Three Contiguous Stereocenters by an Enantioselective Direct Aldol–Tishchenko Reaction

Abstract

1,3-Diol derivatives with three contiguous stereocenters were efficiently prepared by an enantioselective direct aldol–Tishchenko reaction catalyzed by dilithium 3,3′-diphenylbinaphtholate. The reactions of acyclic ketones as aldol donors gave 1,2-syn-1,3-anti-diol derivatives, whereas the reactions of cyclic ketones as aldol donors gave 1,2-anti-1,3-anti-diol derivatives. Sequential aldol–aldol–Tishchenko reactions gave a triol derivative with five consecutive chiral centers.

Key words

aldol reaction - asymmetric catalysis - enantioselectivity - stereoselectivity - tandem reaction

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