title: Effective resolution of chiral 1,1':5',1"-ternaphthalene-2,2',6',2"-tetrol through camphorsulfonylation, recrystallization and reductive desulfonylation
abstract: Optical resolution of the title compound, TERNOL (1), having bis-bidentate sites of axial chiralities was succesful. A racemic mixture of 1 was converted to the tetracamphorsulfonate 2 in high yield, and a single recrystallization of 2 under kinetic conditions effectively separated the diastereomers. The crystal part obtained in 44% yield consisted of (S,S)-2 of 96% diastereomer excess (de), and the solution part (50% yield) contained (R,R)-2 of 96% de. An additional recrystallization of the each part resulted in diastereomerically pure 2 in high yield. Hydride reduction of the ketones in the camphorsulfonyl groups of 2 caused smooth intramolecular transesterification, and enantiomerically pure (R,R)-1 and (S,S)-1 were obtained in good yields.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Kanaji, Hyogo, Japan. sugimura@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tai