Enantioselective syntheses of 1-O-benzyl-sn-glycerol and 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycerol via asymmetric dihydroxylation of allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether. Use of …

HS Byun, ER Kumar, R Bittman

Index: Byun, Hoe-Sup; Kumar, Erukulla Ravi; Bittman, Robert Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1994 , vol. 59, # 9 p. 2630 - 2633

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Abstract

The asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins via osmylation in the presence of a chiral ligand provides enantiomerically enriched diols. Several osmylation procedures have been reported for the conversion of olefins to chiral l,%-diols using stoichiometric amounts of osmium tetraoxide and a chiral ligand. 2 A catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction has been developed recently. 3 Sharpless and co-workers have shown recently that the ...