Tartrate alkenylboronates

To access anti-l,2-diols, indirect methods are required for the preparation of geometrically pure, chiral E-3-alkoxy reagents. To this end, the isomerization of alkenylboronic esters described above (Eq. 41), provides a reliable route to tartrate-derived E-3-siloxy allylboronate 99 (Fig. 7). The latter shows variable enantioselectivities in additions to aldehydes, with cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde affording the highest selectivity (Eq. 70). ... 

The haloboration-coupling sequence provided simple access to the stereochemically pure 3,3-disubstituted allylboron compounds 116 via one carbon homologation of the alkenylboron intermediates (Equation (20)).196 Bromoboration of allene afforded 117 which was converted into a tartrate for asymmetric allylboration (Equation (21)).197... 

The vicinal diol cyclic sulfate from dimethyl tartrate undergoes nucleophilic opening to give substituted malate esters., However, for this application diethyl and diisopropyl L-tartrates give superior yields and selectivities. The asymmetric cyclopropana-tion of the 1 -alkenylboronic ester derived from dimethyl L-tartrate (eq 5) is another example where other tartaric acid derivatives surpass the performance of dimethyl tartrate. ... 

Alkenylboronic acids 58 were esterified with chiral diols [e.g. ( + )-diisopropyl tartrate] and the ester 59 subjected to the original Simmons-Smith procedure to give the cyclopropyl derivatives 60 as the intermediate product. Cyclopropyl derivative 60 was directly oxidized with alkaline 30% hydrogen peroxide to /ranj-cyclopropanols 61 in 73-86% ee. This method gives access to secondary cyclopropanols bearing a vicinal substituent. 

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