Enantioselective synthesis of alpha-methylene-beta-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives via a diastereoselective aldol/beta-elimination sequence: application to the C(15)-C(21) fragment of tedanolide C.

ABSTRACT: An enantioselective synthesis of alpha-methylene-beta-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives via a highly diastereoselective, one-pot syn-aldol and beta-elimination sequence utilizing the chiral beta-(phenylselenyl)propionyl imide 15 is described. This new method, which constitutes an alternative to the Baylis-Hillman reaction, has been applied to the synthesis of the C(15)-C(21) fragment of tedanolide C.

SUBMITTER: Barth R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2872132 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature