Highly diastereoselective preparation of aldol products using new functionalized allylic aluminum reagents

Zhi Liang Shen, Zhihua Peng, Chun Ming Yang, Julian Helberg, Peter Mayer, Ilan Marek, Paul Knochel

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Abstract

Chloro-substituted triethylsilyl enol ethers derived from cyclohexanone and related ketones are converted with aluminum powder in the presence of indium trichloride to functionalized allylic aluminum reagents which represent a new type of synthetic equivalent of metal enolates. These allylic organometallics undergo highly diastereoselective additions to aldehydes and methyl aryl ketones, giving aldol products with a β-quaternary center.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)956-959
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Feb 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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