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Advances in the stereoselective synthesis of antifungal agents and ...

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Chapter 4 102LiOH 10%NNCO 2 EtEtOH H 2ONNCO 2 H(±)-41a (±)-43(Ph) 2OrefluxNN(±)-6aScheme 4.6: Hydrolysis <strong>and</strong> decarboxylation <strong>of</strong> N-alkyl ethyl imidazole carboxylate (±)-41a.The acid (±)-43a however <strong>of</strong>fered an opportunity to syn<strong>the</strong>sizeseparable diasteroisomers as described <strong>in</strong> paragraph 4.5.4.4. Stereochemical Assignment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mitsunobu Reactionwith Imidazole Derivatives.The stereochemical assignment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mitsunobu reaction was ano<strong>the</strong>rpo<strong>in</strong>t elucidated <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> present work. In <strong>the</strong> literature <strong>the</strong>re are no dataavailable on <strong>the</strong>se enantiopure compounds. It was <strong>the</strong> goal to f<strong>in</strong>d analternative syn<strong>the</strong>tic pathway for enantiopure N-1-alkylimidazoles <strong>and</strong> tocompare <strong>the</strong>ir specific rotation with <strong>the</strong> products obta<strong>in</strong>ed from <strong>the</strong>Mitsunobu reaction, followed by hydrolysis <strong>and</strong> decarboxylation asdescribed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> above paragraphs <strong>and</strong> to assign <strong>the</strong> correctstereochemistry.In <strong>the</strong> literature several polysubstituted imidazoles were obta<strong>in</strong>edstart<strong>in</strong>g from an am<strong>in</strong>e by construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> imidazole r<strong>in</strong>g 4 .

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