LANTHANOIDS IN ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS .6. THE REDUCTION OF ALPHA-ENONES BY SODIUM-BOROHYDRIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF LANTHANOID CHLORIDES - SYNTHETIC AND MECHANISTIC ASPECTS
LANTHANOIDS IN ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS .6. THE REDUCTION OF ALPHA-ENONES BY SODIUM-BOROHYDRIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF LANTHANOID CHLORIDES - SYNTHETIC AND MECHANISTIC ASPECTS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00408a029
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
LUCHE, JL
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作者:
GEMAL, AL;LUCHE, JL
Lanthanoid chlorides (LnCl3) are efficient catalysts for the regioselective 1, 2 reduction of-enones by NaBH4 in methanol solution. Optimal conditions of this reaction havebeen determined. A mechanistic interpretation depicting the role of the Ln3+ ions is given. The major effect of Ln3+ is the catalysis of BH4~ decomposition by the hydroxylic solvent to afford alkoxyborohydrides, which may be responsible for theobserved regioselectivity. The stereoselectivity of the process is also modified by the presence of the Ln3+ ions, in that axial attackof cyclohexanone systemsis enhanced.Since the discovery of the reducing properties of boron hydrides, sodium borohydride has receivedconsiderable attention as a se-lective and mild reducing agent of the carbonyl group. A large variety of papers report results of synthetic, mechanistic, or ste-reochemical importance, and reviews have recently been pub-