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A potenti illy useful approach to the marine ilkaloid papiiairune based on INOC strategy is proposed as shown m Scheme 8.21. In fact, a Rruir-hydrindane intermediate has been synthe-SLzed in racemic form using a model sequence ofreacdons involving an itnle oxide cycloaddidon as a key step fEq. 8.69. ... 

Amino acids can be synthesized in racemic form by several methods, including ammonolysis of an a-bromo acid, alkylation of diethyl acetamido-malonate, and reductive amination of an cv-keto acid. Alternatively, an enantio-selective synthesis of amino acids can be carried out using a chiral hydrogenation catalyst. 

A key transformation in Corey s prostaglandin synthesis is a Diels-Alder reaction between a 5-(alkoxymethyl)-l,3-cyclopenta-diene and a ketene equivalent such as 2-chloroacrylonitrile (16). As we have already witnessed in Scheme 3, it is possible to bring about a smooth [4+2] cycloaddition reaction between 5-substituted cyclopentadiene 15 and 2-chloroacrylonitrile (16) to give racemic 14 as a mixture of epimeric chloronitriles. Under these conditions, the diastereomeric chloronitriles are both produced in racemic form because one enantiotopic face of dienophile 16 will participate in a Diels-Alder reaction with the same facility as the other enantiotopic face. In subsequent work, Corey s group demonstrated that racemic hydroxy acid 11, derived in three steps from racemic 14 (see Scheme 3), could be resolved in a classical fashion with (+)-ephe-... 

Johnson s classic synthesis of progesterone (1) commences with the reaction of 2-methacrolein (22) with the Grignard reagent derived from l-bromo-3-pentyne to give ally lie alcohol 20 (see Scheme 3a). It is inconsequential that 20 is produced in racemic form because treatment of 20 with triethyl orthoacetate and a catalytic amount of propionic acid at 138 °C furnishes 18 in an overall yield of 55 % through a process that sacrifices the stereogenic center created in the carbonyl addition reaction. In the presence of propionic acid, allylic alcohol 20 and triethyl orthoacetate combine to give... 

Scheme 8 presents the sequence of reactions that led to the synthesis of the B-ring of vitamin B12 by the Eschenmoser group. An important virtue of the Diels-Alder reaction is that it is a stereospecific process wherein relative stereochemical relationships present in the diene and/or the dienophile are preserved throughout the course of the reaction.8 Thus, when the doubly activated dienophile 12 (Scheme 8) is exposed to butadiene 11 in the presence of stannic chloride, a stereospecific reaction takes place to give compound 27 in racemic form. As expected, the trans relationship between... 

In 1980, a Merck group disclosed the results of a model study which amply demonstrated the efficiency with which the strained bicyclic ring system of thienamycin can be constructed by the carbene insertion cyclization strategy.12 Armed with this important precedent, Merck s process division developed and reported, in the same year, an alternative route to carbene precursor 4.13 Although this alternative approach suffers from the fact that it provides key intermediate 4, and ultimately thienamycin, in racemic form, it is very practical and is amenable to commercial scale production. The details of this interesting route are presented in Schemes 4-6. 

Schemes 28 and 29 illustrate Curran s synthesis of ( )-hirsutene [( )-1]. Luche reduction58 of 2-methylcyclopentenone (137), followed by acetylation of the resulting allylic alcohol, furnishes allylic acetate 138. Although only one allylic acetate stereoisomer is illustrated in Scheme 28, compound 138 is, of course, produced in racemic form. By way of the powerful Ireland ester enolate Clai-sen rearrangement,59 compound 138 can be transformed to y,S-unsaturated tm-butyldimethylsilyl ester 140 via the silyl ketene acetal intermediate 139. In 140, the silyl ester function and the methyl-substituted ring double bond occupy neighboring regions of space, a circumstance that favors a phenylselenolactonization reac-...

A mechanistic study performed by the authors showed that CALB and EtOAc are required for racemization to take place. They claimed that enzyme-catalyzed oxidation of the amine substrate takes place, and a ketone intermediate is produced. The ketone reacts with the substrate to form an enamine. This process results in racemization of the substrate (Figure 4.34). It is not clear how the enzyme and EtOAc could dehydrogenate the amine. 

Recently the ylide 16 or the corresponding protonated ligands allowed, in presence of metallated bases of groups I and II (Li, K, Ba), the synthesis of the first phosphonium bridged metallocene 17 (dicyclopentadienylide) (Scheme 12). Chiral kalocene and barocene, observed only in racemic forms, have thus been obtained [57]. 

Coordination to the central P atom of two different types of symmetrical bidentate ligands leads to structures of type P(aa)2(bb), which are this time C2-symmetric as detailed in Fig. 16. The same chiral descriptors A and A apply to these compounds. Derivatives like 3,4,14-17 and 19-22 fit this description and have only been reported in racemic form so far. If the ligand bb is itself chiral, then diastereomers are generated. This will be described in the next section. 

It should be noted that Baylis-Hillman reaction of Garner s aldehyde with methyl acrylate and DABCO results in racemization of the stereocenter of the amino aldehyde [61]. In the case of substrate 56 such racemization is seriously hampered due to the large inversion barrier in three-membered ring compounds [62]. 

Gourtieu, J. Deuterium NMR stereochemical analysis of threo-erythro isomers bearing remote stereogenic centres in racemic and non-racemic liquid crystalline solvents. Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2000, 11,1911-1918. 

An enantioselective hydrogenation of this type is also of interest in the production of a-tocopherol (vitamin E). Totally synthetic a-tocopherol can be made in racemic form from 2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone and racemic isophytol. The product made in this way is a mixture of all eight possible stereoisomers. 

Ilex paraguariensis var. genuina is an evergreen tree that grows to a height of 20 to 30 m unattended but under cultivation is kept at 4 to 6 m. The leaves are oval or elliptical, 3 to 20 cm in length, 2 to 9 cm in width, dark green in color. Flowers form in the leaf axils and at the base of the small branches. They bear four or five petals and produce a small fruit in racemes that usually contain four seeds.1... 

An enantioselective variant of the enyne cyclization has been reported. For example, cationic palladium oxalzoline catalyst 111 and Et3SilI reductively cyclized 129a to 130a (shown in racemic form in Eq. 24) in 88% yield of the cyclized products with 24% ee [76]. 

A ray of hope appeared when a synthetic route was developed in the laboratory of Albert Eschenmoser in Zurich, leading in good yields to ribose-2,4-diphosphate (in racemic form). The starting material was glycol aldehyde, which was phospho-rylated in the 2-position and then incubated with formaldehyde. Unfortunately the synthetic conditions are only those of a modern laboratory, but could the reaction have taken place on the primeval Earth (Muller et al., 1990). 

Reductive cleavage of the thiazoline C-S bond in heterocycle 193 with -Bu3SnH <1986T3537> followed by in situ hydrolysis of the resulting hemiaminal and protection of nitrogen as its benzyl carbamate gave 194 in 64% overall yield. This was then converted in several steps to potent marine neurotoxin Kainic acid 195 in racemic form (Scheme 27) <1994JOC2773>. 

The 2-phenylsulfinylester 94, which had been prepared in racemic form, rapidly eycloadded to furan (7) at room temperature, albeit with low stereoselectivity [19], The effect of Lewis acids on the stereoselectivity of the cycloaddition has not been tested (Scheme 19). 

Protonolysis of 114 with acetamide yielded the free ligand in racemic form, namely as (1, 2 )- and (1R,ZR)-1,2-dipyridyl-l,2-bis (/ r/-butyldimethylsilyl)amino ethane.173... 

The small increase in racemization rate observed when an aqueous solution of L-pro-line was heated under reflux on a MW oven at atmospheric pressure could be attributed to localized superheating or a generalized superheating of the solvent. It is known that water superheats by 4—10 °C when boiled in a MW oven [39, 40]. 

Given the information above, the question remains as to the nature of the monolayer states responsible for the stereo-differentiation of surface properties in racemic and enantiomeric films. Although associations in the crystalline phases are clearly differentiated by stereochemical packing, and therefore reflected in the thermodynamic and physical properties of the crystals, there is no indication that the same differentiations occur in a highly ordered, two-dimensional array of molecules on a water surface. However, it will be seen below (pp. 107-127) that conformational forces that are readily apparent in X-ray and molecular models for several diastereomeric surfactants provide a solid basis for interpreting their monolayer behavior. 

The propensity of S-S dications to undergo dealkylation was found to decrease in the order of methyl > ethyl > benzyl. This order of reactivity parallels the increase in the stability of the corresponding carbocations.94 Dealkylation of dication 77 affords thiosulfonium salt 78 in quantitative yield.95 Kinetic studies suggest SN1 mechanism of dealkylation. In addition, reaction of sulfoxide 79 with a substituent chiral at the a-carbon results in racemic amide 80 after hydrolysis. 

Amino acid formation in the Urey-Miller experiment and almost certainly in the prebiotic environment is via the Stecker synthesis shown in Figure 8.3. This reaction mechanism shows that the amino acids were not formed in the discharge itself but by reactions in the condensed water reservoir. Both HCN and HCO are formed from the bond-breaking reactions of N2 and H2O in a plasma, which then react with NH3 in solution. The C=0 group in formaldehyde or other aldehydes is replaced by to form NH and this undergoes a reaction with HCN to form the cyano amino compound that hydrates to the acid. The Strecker synthesis does not provide stereo-control over the carbon centre and must result in racemic mixtures of amino acids. There is no room for homochirality in this pathway. 

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