Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (9): 1391.

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Studies on the Stereoselectivity of Pinacol Coupling Reaction Mediated by TiCl4-Mg

LI Ting-You1, WANG Li-Ping1, ZHANG Tao1, LI Yao-Xian2, WANG Zong-Mu1   

  1. 1. College of Life Science;
    2. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
  • Received:1999-12-30 Online:2000-09-24 Published:2000-09-24

Abstract: TiCl4-Mg and TiCl4-Mg-TMEDAsystems are used as reagents of pinacol coupling reaction, thus reductive coupling of aromatic aldehydes with a high stereoselectivity. The observed stereochemistry of the reaction is briefly discussed in term of Ti-bridging controlled models. Three kinds of chiral auxiliary 1,4-diamines, 1,4-diphosphines and 1,4-diethers, are used in the pinacol formation reaction of benzaldehyde mediated by TiCl4-Mg, and hydrobenzoin was obtained with ee 50% of (R,R)-isomer. when N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-2,3-O-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy, 1,4-butanediamine was used as chiral modifier.

Key words: Pinacol coupling reaction, Aromatic aldehydes, Titanium tetrachloride-magnesium, Stereoselectivity, Enantioselectivity

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