Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

The diastereoselective [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements of lithium N-benzyl-O-allylhydroxylamides bearing a stereogenic centre adjacent to the migration terminus are examined. (E)-N-Benzyl-O-(4-phenylpent-2-enyl)hydroxylamine rearranges in 30% de to afford syn-(3RS,4RS)-3-(N-benzyl-N-hydroxy)-4-phenylpent-1-ene as the major diastereoisomer, consistent with the rearrangement proceeding under moderate steric control. Rearrangements of both lithium (E)- and (Z)-N-benzyl-O-(4-methoxy-4-phenylbut-2-enyl)hydroxylamides furnish syn-(1RS,2RS)-1-phenyl-1-methoxy-3-(N-benzylamino)but-3-ene in ≥90% and 88% de respectively, consistent with these rearrangements proceeding under chelation control. © 2002 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Original publication

DOI

10.1039/b207069n

Type

Journal article

Journal

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1

Publication Date

18/07/2002

Volume

2

Pages

2141 - 2150