VERSATILE METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE α-HYDROXY ALDEHYDES WITH DESIRED CONFIGURATIONS

Abstract
A convenient method was established for the asymmetric synthesis of various α-hydroxy aldehydes with high optical yields starting from methoxycarbonyl aminal, prepared from methyl hydroxymethoxyacetate and (S)-2-(anilinomethyl)pyrrolidine. The configurations of α-hydroxy aldehydes are arbitrarily controlled by the order of the introduction of two substituents in the α-hydroxy aldehydes originated from Grignard reagents.

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