Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2000, 65, 805-815
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20000805

Preparation of New Binaphthol-Based Tridentate Ligands for Enantioselective Synthesis

Roman Holakovský, Martin Hovorka and Ivan Stibor*

Department of Organic Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

A versatile method for resolution of 2,2'-dihydroxy-[1,1'-binaphthalene]-3-carboxylic acid has been developed. Four enantiomerically pure tridentate ligands, namely 3-(hydroxy- methyl)[1,1'-binaphthalene]-2,2'-diol (3), 3-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)[1,1'-binaphthalene]-2,2'-diol (4), 3-(2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzyl)[1,1'-binaphthalene]-2,2'-diol (5), and 3-(2-hydroxy-4,6-di-tert-butyl-benzyl)[1,1'-binaphthalene]-2,2'-diol (6), were synthesised in excellent yields and used as chiral modifiers of LiAlH4. A modest enantioselectivity was found for the reduction of acetophenone with LiAlH4 modified with ligand 4.

Keywords: Enantioselective reductions; Biaryls; Binaphthyls; Axial chirality; Resolution; BINAL-H.

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