A,3-Dihydroxy ketones

Asymmetric, osmium-catalysed dihydroxylation of 1,1-disubstituted and 1,3-disub stituted allenes has been employed to synthesize chiral a-hydroxy ketones, a,a - (g) Dihydroxy ketones were obtained from 1,3-disubstituted allenes with high enantio-... 

Stereoselective addition of a dithiane anion to chiral 2-methyl-3-trimethylsilyl-3-buterud combined with the stereoselective addition of a Grignard reagent to the chi a-alkoxy ketone affords a practical method for the construction of a,y-dimethyl-a,3-dihydroxy compounds, useful intermediates for the synthesis of erythronolides (Scheme 33). -Hydroxy cartmxylic esters were synthesized by the addition of ethyl l,3-dithiolanyl-2-carboxylate enolate to a chiral aldehyde, followed by desulfurization. ... 

Reaction with aldehydes.1 The reagent (1) reacts with propionaldehyde to form one diastereoisomeric form of a cyclic saturated oxyphosphorane structure with the 1,3-dioxaphospholane ring system (2). The product is hydrolyzed by water in benzene solution to give an erythro-a,/8-dihydroxy ketone (3). Compare 1,1233. 

A useful protocol for effecting the stereoselective synthesis of masked 3,3 -dihydroxy ketones and compounds derived therefrom has recently been developed (Schemes 17 and 18). The process features the metallation of enantiomerically pure 3-p-tolylsulfinylmethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles such as (36), followed by reaction with an aldehyde to give the intermediate adducts (37). The diastereomeric ratio of the... 

The adducts obtained upon reaction of enantiomerically pure, metallated sulfinyl-4,5-dihydroisoxa-zoles with aldehydes can be converted into (3,(3 -dihydroxy ketones in what is the equivalent of a regio-specific double aldol condensation of a ketone with two different aldehydes (Scheme 18). For example, metallation of (41) with r-butylmagnesium bromide followed by quenching the intermediate anion with... 

From a synthetic standpoint the intermolecular pinacolic coupling reaction is limited because only homocoupling reactions are generally practical. Cross-coupling reactions mediated by SmF are restricted to specialized, matched partners [35]. Thus a-dicarbonyl compounds can be heterocoupled with aldehydes, providing facile entry to 2,3-dihydroxy ketones. Although selectivities vary, in some cases the diastereoselectivity of the process can be quite high (Eq. 25). 

There is also an interesting example of an enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed oxa-Michael reaction using enones as Michael acceptors in which phe-nylboronic acid was employed as hydroxyl anion equivalent (Scheme 4.64) The authors demonstrated that amine bases were able to activate these kinds of reagents by complexation, thus becoming effective reagents for the transfer of the OH group to the Michael acceptor. The reaction had to proceed in an intramolecular way and, for this reason, y-hydroxy-a,(3-unsaturated ketones had to be employed as substrates. In the enantioselective version, 71b was identified as a very efficient catalyst, providing a series of (3,y-dihydroxy ketones in excellent yields and enantioselectivities, after oxidative work-up. The process consists of the initial reaction of the boronic add first with the y-hydroxy... 

Support for the concept of an unsaturated intermediate in the formation of allo-acids is provided by recent experiments of Yamasaki et at. (98, 89). After administration of 3-ketochol-4-enoic-24- - C acid to rats and examination of the biliary metabolites, all four isomers of 3-hydroxycholanoic acid were identified other di- and trihydroxy acids were not investigated. Of the four possible 3-hydroxy-isomers about twice as much lithocholate was present as each of the other isomers. Similar results were obtained following administration of 3/3-acetoxychol-5-enoic-24-i- C acid in addition, 3f,6 -dihydroxy-5a-cholanoic acids were obtained. Yamasaki et al. (89) propose that a 3/3-dehydrogenase converts the 3/3-hydroxy-J -cholenoic acid to the a,/3-unsaturated ketone from which both 5 and 5 acids are derived, whereas hydroxylation of the above acid provides the diol from which only 5 acids are produced, somewhat analogous to the scheme of metabolism proposed by Mitropoulos and Myant (132) for the formation of chenodeoxycholic acid and the muricholic acids. 

O-Alkyl lactic acid esters are useful reagents for the stereoselective construction of erythro- and t/ireo-a-methyl-a,/3-dihydroxy-esters (Scheme 37). " In the case of (47), R = R = Me, the major product is erythro- (48), but when in (47), R = CH2Ph and R = 2,6-t-butyl-4-methyl, the main product is threo-(49). Yields are excellent, and the stereoselectivity is greater than 97%. Reasonable enantiomeric excesses have been achieved during a study of the Reformatsky and amide base-mediated condensations of chiral acetates with ketones. ... 

Deghenghi and his co-workers.They found that in the compounds (17a) and (17b) the reactivities of the ketones are 3 > 11 > 20. The fact that the 3-ketone is more reactive than the 20-ketone is not surprising the greater reactivity of the 11-ketone is attributed to substantial steric hindrance by the 16,17-isopropylidenedioxy group. However, the paper does not describe the evidence on which the reduction product from (17b) was assigned a 3,11-dihydroxy rather than a 3,20-dihydroxy structure. 

A solution of 0.25 g sodium borohydride in 140 ml of ethanol is added to a stirred solution of 0.56 g of calcium chloride in 60 ml of ethanol at —25°. The vigorously stirred mixture is treated dropwise at —25° over 5 min with 4.87 g of 1 la-hydroxy-5/S-pregnane-3,20-dione in 100 ml of ethanol. After a further 3 hr at —20°, 10 ml of 40% aqueous acetic acid is added and the mixture is evaporated to dryness under vacuum. The residue is dissolved in 150 ml of ether and the ethereal solution is washed with 30 ml of 2 A hydrochloric acid and twice with 30 ml of water and dried over Na2S04. Removal of the solvent gives 4.6 g of crystals, which are recrystallized from 20 ml of ether to yield 2.9 g (60%) of the dihydroxy ketone, mp 182-184° [aj 110° (ethanol). 

The 10l -acetoxy group can be red actively removed with zinc and acetic acid or chromous chloride to give I9-norsteroids in high yield. Thermal elimination (boiling tetralin) of acetic acid from the crude 10)5-acetoxy-A -3-ketone or treatment with methanolic alkali leads to aromatization of ring A. Estrone alkyl ethers are formed from 10)5-acetoxy-19-nor-A -androstene-3,17-dione by treatment with alcohols and perchloric acid. Similar aromatizations are observed with 5,10-oxido, 5,10-dihydroxy, 5,10-halohydrins or 5,10-dihalo-3-ketones. ... 

Hydrogenolytic cleavage of isoxazolines has also proved useful in preparation of -dihydroxy ketones and -hydroxy carboxylic acids (47). The isoxazolines were prepared by a [3 -1- 2] cycloaddition. 

The scope of the reaction was considerably enlarged in 1935, when Clutterbuck and Reuter6 observed that the compound tetrahydroterrein, derived from the mold metabolite terrein, consumes more than the calculated amount of periodate per mole. They found that 1,2-diketones and a-hydroxy ketones are also oxidized under the conditions used by Malaprade. Although this type of oxidation had been earlier noted [in a study7 of the action of periodate on 1,3-dihydroxy-2-propanone (dihydroxyace-tone)], Clutterbuck and Reuter made a more thorough exploration of the reaction.6 In a series of model compounds, Ri and R2 were varied from... 

Catalytic asymmetric methylation of 6,7-dichloro-5-methoxy-2-phenyl-l-indanone with methyl chloride in 50% sodium hydroxide/toluene using M-(p-trifluoro-methylbenzyDcinchoninium bromide as chiral phase transfer catalyst produces (S)-(+)-6,7-dichloro-5-methoxy-2-methyl-2--phenyl-l-indanone in 94% ee and 95% yield. Under similar conditions, via an asymmetric modification of the Robinson annulation enqploying 1,3-dichloro-2-butene (Wichterle reagent) as a methyl vinyl ketone surrogate, 6,7 dichloro-5-methoxy 2-propyl-l-indanone is alkylated to (S)-(+)-6,7-dichloro-2-(3-chloro-2-butenyl)-2,3 dihydroxy-5-methoxy-2-propyl-l-inden-l-one in 92% ee and 99% yield. Kinetic and mechanistic studies provide evidence for an intermediate dimeric catalyst species and subsequent formation of a tight ion pair between catalyst and substrate. 

Nickel, dichloro [ethylenebis(dimethyl-phosphine)], 58, 133 Nickel, dichloro[ethj lenebis(diphenyl-phosphine)], 58,133 [Ni (-)-diop Cl2 ], (-)-diop=2,3-0-iso-propylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-l,4-bis(di-phenylphosphino)butane, 58, 133 Nickel, dichloro [ trimethylenebis(diphenyl-phosphine)], 58,133 NITRILES, alkylation of, 55, 91 NITRILES FROM KETONES, 58, 101 NITRILES, a vinyl, 55, 99, 101 p-Nitrobenzenesulfonyl cyanide, 57, 89 p-Nitrobenzyl alcohol, 57, 72 p-NITROBENZYL FLUORIDE, 57, 72 Nitro compounds, 56, 36 Nitronates, 56, 36... 

Protection of 6-ketones, 395 Protection of 11-ketones, 401 Protection of 12-ketones, 397 Protection of 17-ketones, 397 Protection of 20-ketones, 398 Protection of A4-3-ketones, 391 Protection of A -20-ketones, 400 Protection of A1,4-3-ketones, 394 Protection of A4i8-3-ketones, 395 Protection of vicinal or 1,3-dihydroxy groups, 404... 

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