Diastereoselective allylation of aldehydes with an enantiopure 2-sulfinylallyl halide under environmentally friendly Barbier-type conditions

Org Lett. 2000 Feb 24;2(4):547-9. doi: 10.1021/ol991412j.

Abstract

[reaction: see text] A simple, efficient, and diastereoselective zinc-promoted allylation of aldehydes with enantiopure (Ss)-3-chloro-2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)-1-propene [(Ss)-1] under aqueous Barbier conditions is described. The observed diastereoselectivity can be explained via an acyclic antiperiplanar transition state model.