A study of exocyclic radical reductions of polysubstituted tetrahydropyrans

Autor: Serge I. Gorelsky, Yvan Guindon, François Godin, Michel Prévost, Jean-François Brazeau, Philippe Mochirian, Frédérick Viens
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: The Journal of organic chemistry. 78(12)
ISSN: 1520-6904
Popis: Exocyclic radical reductions were thoroughly investigated in the context of the synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydropyrans, which are found in numerous macrolides. The radical precursors studied herein were generated by tandem cycloetherification and iodoetherification reactions or, alternatively, by semicyclic acetals substitutions. DFT calculations (BHandHLYP/TZVP) performed at the transition-state level for the hydrogen radical delivery are in good accordance with the experimental data and enabled the identification of important conformational factors that govern the selectivities obtained. This study demonstrates that both the preferred reactive conformation of the radical and steric interactions with the incoming hydride have to be considered in order to fully rationalize the levels of diastereoselection generated in acyclic free-radical processes.
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