Stereogenic center diastereomers

Epimers (Section 25 21) Diastereomers that differ in configu ration at only one of their stereogenic centers... 

The introduction of a THP ether onto a chiral molecule results in the formation of diastereomers because of the additional stereogenic center present in the tetrahy-dropyran ring (which can make the interpretation of NMR spectra somewhat troublesome at times). Even so, this is one of the most widely used protective groups employed in chemical synthesis because of its low cost, the ease of its installation, its general stability to most nonacidic reagents, and the ease with which it can be removed. 

Diastereomers include all stereoisomers that are not related as an object and its mirror image. Consider the four structures in Fig. 2.3. These structures represent fee four stereoisomers of 2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal. The configurations of C-2 and C-3 are indicated. Each stereogenic center is designated J or 5 by application of the sequence rule. Each of the four structures is stereoisomeric wife respect to any of fee others. The 2R R and 25,35 isomers are enantiomeric, as are fee 2R, iS and 25,3J pair. The 21 ,35 isomer is diastereomeric wife fee 25,35 and 2R,3R isomers because they are stereoisomers but not enantiomers. Any given structure can have only one enantiomer. All other stereoisomers of feat molecule are diastereomeric. The relative configuration of diastereomeric molecules is fiequently specified using fee terms syn and anti. The molecules are represented as extended chains. Diastereomers wife substituents on the same side of the extended chain are syn stereoisomers, whereas those wife substituents on opposite sides are anti stereoisomers. 

Scheme 6a presents the synthesis of fragment 15. Intermediate 15 harbors two vicinal stereogenic centers, and is assembled in a very straightforward manner through the use of asymmetric aldol methodology. Treatment of the boron enolate derived from 21 with 3-[(p-methoxybenzyl)oxy]propanal (22) affords crystalline syn aldol adduct 34 in 87 % yield as a single diastereomer. Transamination to the A-methoxy-A-methylamide,20 followed by silylation of the secondary hydroxyl group at C-19 with triethylsilyl chloride, provides intermediate 15 in 91 % yield. 

Since the addition of dialkylzinc reagents to aldehydes can be performed enantioselectively in the presence of a chiral amino alcohol catalyst, such as (-)-(1S,2/ )-Ar,A -dibutylnorephedrine (see Section 1.3.1.7.1.), this reaction is suitable for the kinetic resolution of racemic aldehydes127 and/or the enantioselective synthesis of optically active alcohols with two stereogenic centers starting from racemic aldehydes128 129. Thus, addition of diethylzinc to racemic 2-phenylpropanal in the presence of (-)-(lS,2/ )-Ar,W-dibutylnorephedrine gave a 75 25 mixture of the diastereomeric alcohols syn-4 and anti-4 with 65% ee and 93% ee, respectively, and 60% total yield. In the case of the syn-diastereomer, the (2.S, 3S)-enantiomer predominated, whereas with the twtf-diastereomer, the (2f ,3S)-enantiomer was formed preferentially. 

With a-alkyl-substituted chiral carbonyl compounds bearing an alkoxy group in the -position, the diastereoselectivity of nucleophilic addition reactions is influenced not only by steric factors, which can be described by the models of Cram and Felkin (see Section 1.3.1.1.), but also by a possible coordination of the nucleophile counterion with the /J-oxygen atom. Thus, coordination of the metal cation with the carbonyl oxygen and the /J-alkoxy substituent leads to a chelated transition state 1 which implies attack of the nucleophile from the least hindered side, opposite to the pseudoequatorial substituent R1. Therefore, the anb-diastereomer 2 should be formed in excess. With respect to the stereogenic center in the a-position, the predominant formation of the anft-diastereomer means that anti-Cram selectivity has occurred. 

Pitfalls are encountered when allowing chiral nonracemic aldehydes to react with chiral, but racemic, reagents having a stereogenic center at the metal-bearing carbon atom, since its chiral induction usually overrides that of the substrate leading to mixtures of two diastereomers in essentially equal amounts26,27 (Sections D.1.3.3.1.4.1., D.1.3.3.3.3.3.2. and D.1.3.3.3.8.2.3.1.). 

Control experiments, performed with the ( + )-(R)-diastereomer of 1, which differs only in the configuration of the stereogenic center at the metal, afford the enantiomeric homoallylic alcohol, (S)-3-methyl-1-phenyl-3-butenol, also with high enantiomeric excess, indicating that the chiral cyclopentadienyl ligand has no dominating influence1-2. 

In order to prove the utility of this method and to ascertain the absolute configuration of the products, (S)-alanine has been enantioselectively prepared. The key step is the addition of methyllithium to the AjA -dimethyl hydrazone acetal 4c, derived from diol 3c. In accordance with 13C-NMR investigations it can therefore be assumed that all major diastereomers resulting from the addition of organolithium reagents to hydrazone acetals 4a-c derived from diols 3a, 3b or 3c (Table 3, entries 1 -6) have an S configuration at the newly formed stereogenic center. 

When chiral enolates or chiral Michael acceptors are used, for instance, when stereogenic centers are present in the substrate or when X or Y are chiral auxiliaries, both simple and induced diastereoselectivity is observed. This results, in principle, in the formation of four diastereomers 1 -4. The diastereoselectivity in the Michael addition of lithium enolates to enones can be rationalized by consideration of chelated transition states A-D372. 

Michael addition of the enolate of (42 )-4-rm-butyl-3-methyl-2-oxetanone to dimethyl (Z)-butenedioate yields a single diastereomer. This provides a method to control two new vicinal stereogenic centers one quaternary and one tertiary. The topicity of the addition is u with respect to the 3,3 -bond and l with respect to the 3, 4 -bondI09. 

Active Substrate. If a new stereogenic center is ereated in a molecule that is already optically active, the two diastereomers are not (except fortuitously) formed in equal amounts. The reason is that the direction of attack by the reagent is determined by the groups already there. For certain additions to the carbon-oxygen double bond of ketones containing an asymmetric a carbon. Cram s rule predicts which diastereomer will predominate (diastereo-selecti vity). ... 

Many reactions of this type are known, in some of which the extent of favoritism approaches 100% (for an example, see 12-11)." The farther away the reaction site is from the stereogenic center, the less influence the latter has and the more equal the amounts of diastereomers formed. 

A disadvantage of the THP group is the fact that a new stereogenic center is produced at C(2) of the tetrahydropyran ring. This presents no difficulties if the alcohol is achiral, since a racemic mixture results. However, if the alcohol is chiral, the reaction gives a mixture of diastereomers, which may complicate purification and/or characterization. One way of avoiding this problem is to use methyl 2-propenyl ether in place of dihydropyran (abbreviated MOP, for methoxypropyl). No new chiral center... 

Another attractive domino approach starts with an aldol reaction of preformed enol ethers and carbonyl compounds as the first step. Rychnovsky and coworkers have found that unsaturated enol ethers such as 2-237 react with different aldehydes 2-238 in the presence of TiBr4. The process consists of an aldol and a Prins-type reaction to give 4-bromotetrahydropyrans 2-239 in good yields, and allows the formation of two new C-C-bonds, one ring and three new stereogenic centers (Scheme 2.56) [131]. In the reaction, only two diastereomers out of eight possible isomers were formed whereby the intermediate carbocation is quenched with a bromide. 

As substrates, aliphatic aldehydes 2-649, nitromethane 2-650 carrying an electron-withdrawing group, and chlorovinylsilane 2-653 were used. The reaction proceeds via the proposed intermediates 2-651, 2-652, and 2-654. In this three-component transformation five new bonds and four new stereogenic centers are formed, leading to only two diastereomers out of eight possible isomers. 

The domino reaction of (IS)-2-808, Meldmm s acid (2-801) and enol ether 2-802b in the presence of EDDA, followed by treatment with K2C03/Me0H and a catalytic amount of Pd/C in methanol under a nitrogen atmosphere for 50 min and subsequently under a H2-atmosphere for 2 h at r.t. gave the benzoquinolizidine 2-809 with the correct stereochemistry at all stereogenic centers as in emetine (2-798) and tubulosine (2-799), together with two diastereomers (Scheme 2.180) [406]. Further manipulations of 2-808 led to emetine (2-798) and tubulosine (2-799). 

The intramolecular cycloaddition of 2-835 led to a mixture of two diastereomers, both of which can be used for the synthesis of (+)-desoxoprosophylline (2-837) as the corresponding stereogenic center will be destroyed during the forthcoming steps. 

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