Laboratoire des Fonctions Azotées et Oxygénées Complexes de l'IRCOF, UMR CNRS 6014, Université et INSA de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint-Aignan Cedex, France.
Abstract:
An unprecedented enantioselective deprotonation/conjugate elimination sequence, which transforms an allylic meso-dioxepane into a chiral diene, is described. The best desymmetrization conditions (ee up to 70%) involve s-BuLi and sparteine at -78 degrees C in THF.