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Chapter 2 60Ano<strong>the</strong>r example is <strong>the</strong> resolution <strong>of</strong> tertiary propargylic alcohols <strong>in</strong>presence <strong>of</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ida cyl<strong>in</strong>dracea 50 where, however, only low enantiomericpurities where obta<strong>in</strong>ed.2.3 Mitsunobu reaction: mechanisms <strong>and</strong> applications.The Mitsunobu reaction, pioneered by Mitsunobu <strong>and</strong> coworkers <strong>in</strong>1967 51 , has proven useful <strong>in</strong> a wide variety <strong>of</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>tic applications<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g alcohols. From <strong>the</strong> first applications <strong>the</strong> Mitsunobu reaction hasevolved <strong>in</strong>to one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> primary syn<strong>the</strong>tic tools for <strong>in</strong>vert<strong>in</strong>g alcoholstereochemistry as ev<strong>in</strong>ced by over 1100 citations <strong>of</strong> Mitsunobu's 1981review on <strong>the</strong> subject 52 . Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, it is a very versatile method for <strong>the</strong>condensation <strong>of</strong> alcohols ROH <strong>and</strong> various nucleophiles (or acids) HAlead<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> product RA ( Scheme 2.11. ).ROH + HAMitsunobu reactionconditionsRAScheme 2.11: Mitsunobu reaction.2.3.1. Reaction Mechanism.A search <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> literature <strong>in</strong>dicated that <strong>the</strong> mechanism <strong>of</strong> this reactionhas been <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> only few <strong>in</strong>vestigations 53a-d . The Mitsunobureaction takes place <strong>in</strong> three steps as outl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> scheme 2.12.Step 1: Adduct formationPPh 3 +'RO 2 C N N CO 2 R' + AH'RO 2 C N N+ HPPh 3CO 2R'A -Step 2: alcohol activationROH + 'RO 2 C N NHCO 2R'RO + PPH 3 A - + HN CO 2 R'+ PPh 23Step 3: S N 2 reactionRO + PPH 3 + A - RA + O=PPh 3Scheme 2.12: mechanism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mitsunobu reaction.

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