Synthesis 2018; 50(20): 3997-4007
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610248
short review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of 1,3-Diols by O-Nucleophile Additions to Activated Alkenes

Diego Gamba-Sánchez
a   Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Bio and Organocatalysis, Chemistry Department, Universidad de los Andes, Cra 1 No. 18A-12 Q:305, Bogotá 111711, Colombia   Email: da.gamba1361@uniandes.edu.co
,
Joëlle Prunet
b   WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK   Email: joelle.prunet@glasgow.ac.uk
› Author Affiliations
Financial support was provided by Fondo de Investigaciones de la Facultad­ de Ciencias de la Universidad de los Andes, convocatoria 2018–2019 para la Financiación de Programas de Investigación ‘use of threonine as chiral auxiliary’.
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Publication History

Received: 17 July 2018

Accepted: 19 July 2018

Publication Date:
30 August 2018 (online)


Abstract

The diastereoselective synthesis of 1,3-diols by addition of oxygen nucleophiles to activated alkenes is presented. This review focuses on homoallylic alcohol substrates that react with a relay compound to form an intermediate oxygen nucleophile, which in turn will lead to a protected 1,3-diol by intramolecular addition to the olefin moiety.

1 Introduction

2 Base Catalysis

3 Organocatalysis

4 Activation with Non-Metallic Electrophiles

5 Activation with Transition Metal Derivatives

6 Conclusions

 
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