RENB ROY and ALLAN W. REY. Can. J. Chem. 69, 62 (1991). Homochiral a-substituted y-lactols 3 and 4 derived from (R)-pantolactone 1 were used in 2-lithio-1,3-dithiane additions to afford very high controls in diastereoselectivities arising from 1,2-asymmetric inductions. Thus non-chelation controlled nucleophilic addition on 3 gave the anti diastereomer 5 as the major product (92% de), while the chelation controlled addition on 4 furnished the syn diastereomer 7 (96% de) as the almost exclusive product. The stereochemical outcomes of these reactions were proven unambiguously by locking the conformation of the syn-and anti-trio1 adducts 7 and 8 through their respective acetonides and by nuclear Overhauser enhancement measurements. The lack of 1,3-dioxolane formation in the case of the anti-trio1 8 was taken as a further confirmation of the absolute configuration at the newly created stereocenter.Key words: byrostatin, pantolactone, a-hydroxylactol, dithiane.RENB ROY et ALLAN W. REY. Can. J. Chem. 69, 62 (1991). Les y-lactols homochirals 3 et 4 a-substituts dtrivts de la (R)-pantolactone 1 ont Ctt utilisCs dans des rtactions d'additions avec le carbanion lithit du 1,3-dithiane pour fournir un trks haut contr6le diasttrtostlectif provenant d'une induction asymttrique-1,2. Le sttrtocontr6le de I'addition nucltophilique sur 3 en l'absence de phtnomkne de chtlatation a donne le diastertomkre anti 5 c o m e produit majeur tandis que la chtlatation cornrne moyen de sttrtocontr6le de I'addition nucltophilique sur 4 a conduit presque exclusivement au diasttrtomkre syn 7 c o m e produit final. Les rtsultats sttriochimiques de ces rtactions ont t t t prouvts de f a~o n non-ambigiie en fixant la conformation des adduits syn-et anti-trio1 7 et 8 par la formation de leurs dtrivts acttals respectifs et par des mesures d'effets nOe. L'absence de formation de 1,3-dioxolane dans le cas du triol-anti 8 a t t i considtrte comme preuve suppltmentaire de la configuration absolue au nouveau centre sttrtogtnique form6 .Mots cle's : byrostatine, pantolactone, a-hydroxylactol, dithiane.
IntroductionDuring synthetic endeavors (1-3) toward the construction of the antineoplastic macrolides bryostatins (4), chiral fragments containing quaternary gem-dimethyl carbon centers were required. Within the chiral pool, (R)-pantolactone 1 was sought as a useful chiral template. As such, 1 has scarcely been utilized for the enantiomeric synthesis of complex natural products (5, 6). On the other hand, 1 and its (S)-enantiomer (7) have received increased interest as chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric Diels-Alder cycloadditions (7,8) and in diastereoselective ketene protonations (9).Although there have been numerous examples of 1,2-induction in acyclic stereoselections (lo), examples of similar or remote inductions in y-or 6-lactols have received limited attention (1 1). We wish to describe herein the results obtained with 2-lithio-l,3-dithiane additions onto a-substituted y-lactols. The effects of 1,2-chelation and non-chelation on the diastereoselectivitie...