Synthesis of Optically Active Allylic Alcohols

Suk-Ku Kang Department of Chemistry, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Natural Science Campus, Suwon, 440-746, Korea

Sung-Gyu Kim Department of Chemistry, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Natural Science Campus, Suwon, 440-746, Korea

Dong-Gyu Cho Department of Chemistry, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Natural Science Campus, Suwon, 440-746, Korea

Jae-Ho Jeon Department of Chemistry, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Natural Science Campus, Suwon, 440-746, Korea

Abstract

A practical and enantiospecific method for the synthesis of optically pure allylic alcohols [(R)- or (S)-1-alken-3-ols] is described. The key reaction is the reductive cleavage of the cyclic carbonates of 1-halo-2,3-alkanediols with zinc, magnesium, or samarium diiodide.

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