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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 42, 2012 - Issue 17
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Original Articles

New, Efficient, and High-Yielding Asymmetric Synthesis of (4S,5S)-Cytoxazone

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Pages 2624-2631 | Received 28 Dec 2010, Published online: 29 May 2012
 

Abstract

A new approach for the asymmetric synthesis of (4S,5S)-cytoxazone 1 in five steps and in 48% overall yield starting from commercially available (R)-epichlorohydrin has been described. The key step include stereoselective 1,2-addition of p-methoxyphenyl magnesium bromide (p-OMePhMgBr) to chiral N-sulfinimine derived from (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide and (S)-t-BSA, which gave corresponding sulfinamide 2 with high diastereoselectivity. Deprotection of the t-butylsulfonyl group and 1,3-dimethyl acetal in a single step followed by N-Boc protection and subsequent carbonylation yields the targeted (4S,5S)-cytoxazone 1.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Financial support from the Inogent Laboratories Private Limited (A GVK BIO Company) is gratefully acknowledged.

Notes

a Yields in parentheses are for recovered starting materials.

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