Synlett 2004(7): 1279-1281  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-825593
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Asymmetric Iodocyclization of γ-Hydroxyalkenes

Sung Ho Kang*, Chul Min Park, Sung Bae Lee, Mihyong Kim
Center for Molecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, School of Molecular Science (BK21), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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Received 12 March 2004
Publication Date:
10 May 2004 (online)

Abstract

Enantioselective intramolecular iodoetherification of disubstituted γ-hydroxyalkenes has been intended using NIS in the presence of 0.2 equivalents of (R)-Binol-Ti(IV) complex to procure the corresponding tetrahydrofurans in up to 65% ee.

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General Procedure for the Asymmetric Iodocyclization. To a mixture of (R)-Binol (17 mg, 0.06 mmol) and 4Å molecular sieve (57 mg) in t-butyl methyl ether (3.5 mL) was added Ti(Oi-Pr)4 (17 mg, 0.06 mmol) in t-butyl methyl ether (0.7 mL) at r.t., and the resulting mixture was stirred at that temperature for 1.5 h. After cooling the generated (R)-Binol-Ti(IV) complex to 0 °C, the substrate 2 (57 mg, 0.3 mmol) in t-butyl methyl ether (1.5 mL) and N-iodo-succinimide (81 mg, 0.36 mmol) were added in sequence. The iodocyclization was allowed to proceed at 0 °C for 3 h, and then quenched with 10% aq Na2S2O3 (3 mL). The reaction mixture was extracted with Et2O (3 × 5 mL), and subsequently the organic layer was filtered through celite. Evaporation of the volatile materials in vacuo followed by silica gel column chromatography (Et2O-hexane = 1:15) yielded tetrahydrofuran 3 (89 mg, 93%).