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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A Straightforward and Practical Approach to Chiral Inducer: (2R,3R)-1,4-Dimethoxy-1,1,4,4-tetraphenylbutane-2,3-diol

Jin-Sheng Xie A , Xiao-Yun Hu A C , Zi-Xing Shan B C and Zhong-Qiang Zhou A
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A College of Chemistry and Materials, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China.

B College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

C Corresponding authors. Email: xyhu@mail.scuec.edu.cn, zxshan@whu.edu.cn

Australian Journal of Chemistry 68(6) 995-998 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH14505
Submitted: 14 August 2014  Accepted: 8 October 2014   Published: 22 December 2014

Abstract

A straightforward and practical access to chiral inducer (2R,3R)-1,4- dimethoxyl-1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-2,3-diol has been developed. It is based on highly regioselective 2,3-cyclosulfitation of (2R,3R)-1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-butanetetraol, in which selective protection of the secondary hydroxyls and chlorination of the tertiary hydroxyls of (2R,3R)-1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-butanetetraol are accomplished via one step. In the preparation, methanol was used as a methylating reagent and common alkali liquor was used for cleavage of the protection group. It may be one of the most straightforward and practical syntheses of the title compound.


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