title: C(2)-Symmetric bis-sulfoxide: A novel chiral auxiliary for asymmetric desymmetrization of cyclic meso-1,2-diols
abstract: A new heterocyclic compound, C(2)-symmetric bis-sulfoxide 1, has been found to be an efficient chiral auxiliary for asymmetric desymmetrization of cyclic meso-1,2-diols via diastereoselective acetal fission. Both (R,R)- and (S,S)-1 are readily synthesized with high optical purity via asymmetric oxidation of 1, 5-benzodithiepan-3-one (2). After acetalization of meso-1,2-diols 6a-e and a mono-TMS ether 6f with this chiral auxiliary 1, the resulting acetals 7a-f were subjected to base-promoted acetal fission upon treatment with potassium hexamethyldisilazide (KHMDS) followed by acetylation or benzylation to give the desymmetrized diol derivatives 8a-f with high diastereoselectivity. The chiral auxiliary 1 is readily removed by acid-promoted hydrolysis and can be recovered without a loss in enantiomeric excess.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan, and Research Center for Protein Enginee.
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maezaki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
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authors.lastname: Nagahashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.initials: Ki
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka