Absolute configuration of conhydrine

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (23) ◽  
pp. 4393-4397 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Fodor ◽  
E. Bauerschmidt ◽  
J. Cymerman Craig

Catalytic hydrogenation of optically active 2-pyridyl ethylcarbinol (1) formed the alkaloid conhydrine (2) stereospecifically. Application of the von Braun reaction gave conversion of (+)-conhydrine into R-(−)-3-octyl benzoate and of (−)-conhydrine into the S-(+)-antimer. Both the relative and absolute configuration of the two asymmetric centers in natural (+)-conhydrine have been determined by the combined use of optical rotatory dispersion (o.r.d.) and circular dichroism (c.d.). The results are in agreement with other physical and chemical evidence.






1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 818-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Brook ◽  
H. W. Kucera ◽  
D. M. MacRae

The synthesis and resolution of 1-phenyl-1-methyl-1-silacyclohexanone-2 by oxidative hydroboration of the related silacyclohexene to the silacyclohexanol, resolution of this via the strychnine salt of the phthalate half-ester, and subsequent oxidation of the silacyclohexanol to the silacyclohexanone is described. The carbon analog 1-phenyl-1-methylcyclohexanone-2 was also synthesized in optically active form. The (+)-enantiomers of the two ketones had similar optical rotatory dispersion curves, presenting convincing evidence for the identity of their configurations, and the carbon compound could be degraded without affecting the asymmetric center to (−)-(R)-2-phenyl-2-methylhexandioic acid, thereby establishing the absolute configurations of both compounds.



1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1957-1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Mitscher ◽  
F. Kautz ◽  
J. LaPidus

Optical rotatory dispersion (o.r.d.) and circular dichroism measurements are reported for all four diastereoisomers in both the ephedrine and chloramphenicol series. The Cotton effect associated with the 1Lb absorption band is a reliable guide to absolute configuration in both series whereas the 1La band is not. Circular dichroism measurements are preferred as the 1La band dominates the o.r.d. curves to such an extent that erroneous assignment is quite possible. An attempt to relate the sign and intensity of the 1Lb Cotton effect with rotamer population failed due to lack of apparent correlation.



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