Lactic silyl derivatives

Chiral allylic acetates 426 can be prepared using a similar j5-ketophosphonate (425), also derived from lactic acid. The desired 425 is formed via reaction of lithiated diphenylphos-phonate with 401. Reduction of the ketone gives an intermediate alcohol which, upon treatment with base, forms the ( )-Wittig olefin. Removal of the silyl protecting group followed by acetylation gives the product 426 (> 98% ee) [133]. 

The protected butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol 15, easily available in three steps from D-tartaric add diethyl ester, was the starting material for the synthesis of (+)-phomopsohde B (Scheme 2.4). Thus, IBX (2-iodoxybenzoic acid) oxidation of the primary alcohol followed by HWE olefination with a chiral phosphonate derived from L-lactic add (not depicted) gave a,fi-enone 16. Stereoselective reduction of the ketone carbonyl and acidic deavage of the acetal moiety furnished triol 17. Selective protection of the two secondary hydroxyl groups was achieved through triple silylation with subsequent selective desilylation of the primary OTBS group. 

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