• Title of article

    Solvent effects on the diastereoselection in LiAlH4 reduction of α-substituted ketones

  • Author/Authors

    Suzuki، نويسنده , , Yasumitsu and Kaneno، نويسنده , , Daisuke and Miura، نويسنده , , Masaya and Tomoda، نويسنده , , Shuji، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    4223
  • To page
    4226
  • Abstract
    Based on high-level DFT calculations including solvent molecules, it was found that steric effects of solvent may be responsible for the diastereoselection in LiAlH4 reduction of acyclic ketones substituted by an oxygen-containing functional group at the α-position to the carbonyl. It was concluded that the conventional chelated transition state models lead to the predominance of the R∗,S∗-diastereoisomers against experimental observation.
  • Keywords
    LiAlH4 reduction , diastereoselection , Solvent effect , Chelation model
  • Journal title
    Tetrahedron Letters
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Tetrahedron Letters
  • Record number

    1859672