Synthesis 2017; 49(15): 3433-3443
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588871
short review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Stereoselective SN1-Type Reaction of Enols and Enolates

Andrea Gualandi*
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy   Email: andrea.gualandi10@unibo.it   Email: piergiorgio.cozzi@unibo.it
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Luca Mengozzi
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy   Email: andrea.gualandi10@unibo.it   Email: piergiorgio.cozzi@unibo.it
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ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy   Email: andrea.gualandi10@unibo.it   Email: piergiorgio.cozzi@unibo.it
› Author Affiliations
Bologna University, Fondazione Del Monte, SLAMM project are acknowledged for financial support to A.G. and L.M.
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Publication History

Received: 12 May 2017

Accepted: 15 May 2017

Publication Date:
13 June 2017 (online)


This paper is dedicated to the outstanding contribution of Herbert Mayr to physical organic chemistry

Abstract

Stereoselective alkylation of enolates represents a valuable and important procedure for accessing carbon–carbon-bond frameworks in natural and nonnatural product synthesis. Usually, activated electrophilic partners that react through an SN2 mechanism are employed. To overcome the limitations due to reduced reactivity and steric hindrance, SN1-type reactions can be considered a valid and practical alternative. Accessible enolates can be used in stereoselective (diastereo- or enantioselective) reactions with electrophilic carbenium ions, either used as stable reagents or generated in situ from suitable precursors. The results achieved in this active field are summarized in this review.

1 Introduction

2 Alcohols in SN1-Type Reactions with Enolates

2.1 Enantioselective Reactions with Metal Complexes

2.2 Organocatalytic Enantioselective Reactions

3 Alcohols and Alcohol Derivatives in SN1-Type Reactions with Enolates­: Enantioselective Reactions with Metal Enolates

4 Isolated Carbenium Ions in SN1-Type Reactions with Enolates: Enantioselective­ Reactions with Metal Enolates

5 Miscellaneous

6 Conclusion

 
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