Evans aldol reaction chiral auxiliary removal

Phenylalanine-derived oxazolidinone has heen used in O Scheme 52 as a chiral auxiliary for as)rmmetric cross-aldolization (Evans-aldol reactions [277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284, 285]). The 6-deoxy-L-glucose derivative 155 has heen prepared by Crimmins and Long [286] starting with the condensation of acetaldehyde with the chlorotitanium enolate of O-methyl glycolyloxazohdinethione 150. A 5 1 mixture is obtained from which pure 151 is isolated by a single crystallization. After alcohol silylation and subsequent reductive removal of the amide, alcohol 152 is obtained. Swem oxidation of 152 and subsequent Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination provides ene-ester 153. Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation provides diol 154 which was then converted into 155 (O Scheme 60) (see also [287]). 

The completion of the total synthesis of FK506 (1) is described in Scheme 34. The coupling of the two segments 222 and 230 was accomplished by phosphine oxide-mediated HW olefination. The addition of 222 to 230 afforded a separable 1 1 mixture, and the less polar diastereomer yielded ( )-olefin 231. After selective removal of the TES group, esterification of 231 with (S)-A-Boc-pipecolic acid (232) under DCC-DMAP conditions followed by dethioacetalization afforded aldehyde 233. The Evans aldol reaction of 233 with 218d installed a glycolate unit, and hydrolysis of the chiral auxiliary followed by TES protection provided 234 ready for macrocyclization. The macrolactamization of 234 was effectively... 

The aldol reaction is an important carbon-carbon bond formation reaction. The general concept of the reaction involves the nucleophilic addition of a ketone enolate to an aldehyde to form a P-hydroxy ketone, or aldol , a structural unit found in many naturally occurring molecules and pharmaceuticals. Since the aldol addition reaction creates two new stereocenters, up to four stereoisomers may result. The Evans aldol reaction performs a diasteroselective aldol transformation using an Evans s acyl oxazolidinone (also known as Evans chiral auxiliary), a chiral carbonyl compound that creates a temporary chiral enolate for the aldol addition. Upon subsequent removal of the auxiliary, the desired aldol stereoisomer is revealed. ... 

Scheme 5 details the asymmetric synthesis of dimethylhydrazone 14. The synthesis of this fragment commences with an Evans asymmetric aldol condensation between the boron enolate derived from 21 and trans-2-pentenal (20). Syn aldol adduct 29 is obtained in diastereomerically pure form through a process which defines both the relative and absolute stereochemistry of the newly generated stereogenic centers at carbons 29 and 30 (92 % yield). After reductive removal of the chiral auxiliary, selective silylation of the primary alcohol furnishes 30 in 71 % overall yield. The method employed to achieve the reduction of the C-28 carbonyl is interesting and worthy of comment. The reaction between tri-n-butylbor-... 

Fukuyama et al. synthesized the alcohol 39 using Evans s chiral auxiliary in the total synthesis of leustroducsin B (37), a potent colony-stimulating factor inducer via NF-kB activation at the transcription level15 (Scheme 2.In). The asymmetric aldol reaction between 38 and the requisite aldehyde proceeded smoothly to afford 39. Protection of the secondary alcohol as the TES ether and removal of the chiral auxiliary with LiSEt furnished the thioester 40. 

Evans and coworkers have developed chiral oxazolidinone auxiliaries such as 10 and 11 that are easily obtainable from (5)-vanilol or from (liS, 2R)-norephedrine. As well as the excellent selectivities obtained in aldol reactions, ease of attachment and removal of these auxiliaries has made this method widely popular. The auxiliary may be recovered and reused after cleavage from the aldol product. 

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