| Literature DB >> 20722386 |
Purba Mukerjee1, Mohammed Abid, Frank C Schroeder.
Abstract
We report a simple method for the highly regio- and stereoselective hydrolysis of α,β-epoxyalcohols. Treatment of enantiopure epoxyalcohols derived from Sharpless epoxidation with TBAF/H(2)O resulted in exclusive ring opening at the normally disfavored α-position, providing access to arabino- or lyxo-configured triols with full preservation of stereochemical purity. The method was applied in syntheses of 5-deoxy-l-arabinose (26) and a family of bicyclic acetals based on the insect pheromone hydroxybrevicomin (4).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20722386 PMCID: PMC2937070 DOI: 10.1021/ol1015306
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005