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Chapter 3 82Product X R Yield % e.e. % [α D ](±)-27a H Ph 95 0 0(+)-27b Br H 97 >95 + 46.6(+)-27c Br Ph 98 >93 + 65.6(+)-27d F H 98 80 + 57.5Table 3.4.: Enantioselective reduction <strong>of</strong> prochiral ketones 25a-d.Enantioselective reduction <strong>of</strong> 25a with DIP-chloride was also tried <strong>in</strong>order to obta<strong>in</strong> directly <strong>the</strong> enantiopure benzhydrol 27a. However thisreduction only led to <strong>the</strong> racemic alcohol (±)-27a.3.4.3. Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> enantiomerically enriched 2[benzo(b)furan]phenones by asymmetric reduction.To <strong>the</strong> best <strong>of</strong> our knowledge no examples for <strong>the</strong> asymmetricreduction <strong>of</strong> 2 [benzo(b)furan] phenones are reported <strong>in</strong> literature, <strong>and</strong> nosyn<strong>the</strong>tic strategies for <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2-[benzo(b)furan]-arylmethanols <strong>in</strong> enantiopure form are known.Asymmetric reductions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se types <strong>of</strong> prochiral ketones were<strong>in</strong>vestigated us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> above chiral complexes as reduc<strong>in</strong>g re<strong>agents</strong>. It wasexpected that <strong>the</strong> difference between <strong>the</strong> two aromatic systems would berecognized by <strong>the</strong> chiral reduc<strong>in</strong>g reagent (scheme 3.11), <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> hope that <strong>the</strong>benzo(b)furane oxygen could be coord<strong>in</strong>ated by <strong>the</strong> alum<strong>in</strong>ium <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>reduc<strong>in</strong>g agent.R'LiAlH 4R'OOR26a R=R'=H26c R=R'=ClN(-)-24Dry e<strong>the</strong>rOHOHOHR27g R=R'=H27i R=R'=ClScheme 3.11 : Asymmetric reduction <strong>of</strong> prochiral ketones 26a <strong>and</strong> 26c.This hypo<strong>the</strong>tical coord<strong>in</strong>ation should give a stere<strong>of</strong>acialdiscrim<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ketone 26a. Ano<strong>the</strong>r hypo<strong>the</strong>sis is that <strong>the</strong> repulsionbetween <strong>the</strong> oxygen <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ketone <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> oxygen <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> benz<strong>of</strong>uran

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