Divergent enantioselective synthesis of (P)- and (M)-dihydro[5]helicenequinones from a common tetrahydroaromatic precursor
- 31 May 2002
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 13,p. 1412-1413
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b203509j
Abstract
The domino asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction/spontaneous sulfoxide elimination process between a vinyl dihydrophenanthrene as diene and enantiopure (SS)-2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)-1,4-benzoquinone gave access to a tetrahydroaromatic pentacyclic derivative possessing central chirality which led, in a divergent way, to helically chiral (P) or (M) enantiomers of dihydro[5]helicenequinones in good to excellent chemical and optical yields simply by selecting the appropriate oxidant reagent which makes the final aromatization.Keywords
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