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Chapter 2 43This approach clearly expla<strong>in</strong>s <strong>the</strong> formation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> S-isomer from <strong>the</strong>(-) - DIP chloride 21a <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> R-isomer from <strong>the</strong> (+) - DIP chloride 21aunless <strong>the</strong> steric bulk <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> carbonyl moiety is changed, as <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> t-butyl phenyl ketone or <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> acyl silanes.A different mechanism has been proposed for Corey'soxazaborolid<strong>in</strong>es 11 21c. It constitutes an alternate chair transition stateassembly to expla<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> orig<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> observed enantioselectivity <strong>in</strong>oxazaborolid<strong>in</strong>e catalyzed reductions <strong>of</strong> prochiral ketones.Accord<strong>in</strong>g to this model ( Scheme 2.7 ), <strong>the</strong> 1,3 diaxial <strong>in</strong>teractionbetween <strong>the</strong> R L <strong>and</strong> R S substituents <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ketones <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> oxazaborolidonemethyl group differentiates between <strong>the</strong> two diasteroisomeric transitionstates 22a <strong>and</strong> 22b, lead<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> major R-product <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> S-enantiomersas m<strong>in</strong>or products 12 .Corey's oxazaborolid<strong>in</strong>es can be used <strong>in</strong> catalytic amounts (5% molarwith respect to <strong>the</strong> ketone); <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> hydride is BMS or BH3 -THF <strong>in</strong>an equimolar ratio with <strong>the</strong> ketone. A complete <strong>in</strong>vestigation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reactionconditions has been reported by <strong>the</strong> Merck Sharp <strong>and</strong> Dohme department<strong>of</strong> process research 12 .RsR LOMeHHBBHNOPhPhH21cHydride transferR LRsMeHOHBBHNOPhPhHRsR LMeHOHBBHNOPhHPh22aFavoredRepulsionDisfavoredScheme 2.7: Mechanism <strong>and</strong> transition state for <strong>the</strong> chiral reduction <strong>of</strong> ketones withOxazaborolid<strong>in</strong>e 21c.22b

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