Double diastereoselection in aldol reactions mediated by dicyclohexylchloroborane between chiral aldehydes and a chiral ethyl ketone derived from L-erythrulose. Synthesis of a C1-C9 fragment of the structure of the antifungal metabolite soraphen A1α

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8130-8139

  Díaz Oltra, Santiago ^a   Murga, Juan ^a   Falomir, Eva ^a   Carda, Miguel ^a   Peris, Gabriel ^a   Marco, J Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; KETONES; METABOLITES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALDOL REACTIONS; CORNFORTH MODEL; DIASTEREOSELECTION;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BORANE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DICYCLOHEXYLBORON ENOLATE; DICYCLOHEXYLCHLOROBORANE; GLUCOSIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEVO ERYTHRULOSE; MACROLIDE; SORAPHEN A1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MODEL; OXYGENATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 25444486183     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo051307p     Document Type: Article

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