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Title: | Serendipitous synthesis of 3-hydroxy tetrahydrofurans from tin catalyzed sulfonylation of acyclic 1,2,4-triols | Authors: | Makhosazana, P. Gamedze, Rejoice Maseko, B Chigondo, Fidelis Nkambule, Comfort, M. |
Keywords: | Sulfonylation Tin acetal 1,2,4-Triols, 1,3-Diols Tetrahydrofurans |
Issue Date: | 2012 | Publisher: | Elsevier | Series/Report no.: | Tetrahedron Letters;Vol. 53, p. 5929–5932 | Abstract: | The reaction of syn-1,2,4-triols under sulfonylation conditions catalyzed by Bu2SnO (5 mol %) results in cyclization and the formation of 3-hydroxy tetrahydrofurans (56–85%) while the anti-1,2,4-triols react to give C1-O-sulfonyl derivatives in good yields (66–83%) and the cyclization product in poor yield (5– 12%). A mechanism that justifies these observations is proposed to occur via the tosylation of the primary hydroxyl followed by an intramolecular tin acetal rearrangement to a 1,3-stannylene which then undergoes a 5-exo-tet-cyclization. The difference in rates of cyclization reactivity is due to the energetically more stable tin acetals of syn-1,3-diols compared to those of anti-1,3-diols. | URI: | http://dx.doi.org.access.msu.ac.zw:2048/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.08.110 | ISSN: | 0040-4039 |
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