Stereoselective Construction of Tertiary Homoallyl Alcohols and Ethers by Nucleophilic Substitution at Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters
Xu Chen, Kaushalendra Patel, Ilan Marek
Abstract
An efficient method for the stereoselective construction of tertiary C-O bonds via a stereoinvertive nucleophilic substitution at the quaternary carbon stereocenter of cyclopropyl carbinol derivatives using water, alcohols and phenols as nucleophiles has been developed. This substitution reaction proceeds under mild conditions and tolerates several functional groups, providing a new access to the stereoselective formation of highly congested tertiary homoallyl alcohols and ethers.
Topics & Concepts
StereocenterStereoselectivityChemistryNucleophilic substitutionNucleophileSubstitution reactionOrganic chemistryMedicinal chemistryEnantioselective synthesisCatalysisAsymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsCyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms