Synthesis of Enantioenriched Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols via Tricarbonylchromium (0) Complexes of Benzyl Allyl Ethers

…, SE Gibson, M Martin??Fontecha

Index: Abecassis, Keren; Gibson, Susan E.; Martin-Fontecha, Mar European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , # 10 p. 1606 - 1611

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Abstract

Abstract Allyl ethers of the tricarbonylchromium (0) complexes of benzylic alcohols undergo highly enantioselective benzylic functionalisation using a chiral base/electrophilic quench sequence; the allyl group is readily removed to reveal a hydroxy group as demonstrated in the syntheses of enantioenriched imidazole alcohols, a triol and a tertiary alcohol.(© Wiley- VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)