Preparation of enantiomerically enriched bromohydrins from [N-( p-tolylsulfonyl)sulfoximino]oxiranes using in situ reduction of α-bromo aldehydes

Abstract

Treatment of enantiomerically pure [N-( p-tolylsulfonyl)sulfoximino]oxiranes 6 with MgBr₂ in the presence of tetrabutylammonium borohydride gives enantiomerically enriched bromohydrins 3, together with small amounts of the primary alcohols 11. The bromohydrins 3 are isolated in good yields with enantiomeric excesses in the range 70% to 91%. This process establishes that α-bromo aldehydes have sufficient configurational stability to be viable synthetic intermediates.

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