Boron trifluoride etherate → (+/-)(1R*,2R*,5S*)-5-benzyloxy-2-(4-methylsulfanyl-benzenesulfonylmethyl)-cyclohexanol

Temperature

-78 °C

1-Methanesulfonyl-4-methylsulfanyl-benzene (3.25 g) was dissolved in THF (50 mL) and cooled to −78° C. prior to the addition of 1.6 M nBuLi (10 mL). After 0.5 h, BF3-Et2O (2.04 mL) was added followed by (±)(1S*,2R*,4S*)-4-(benzyloxy)-1,2-epoxycyclohexane (2.19 g) (Chini et al. J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 4265) in THF (20 mL). After an addition 1 h at −78° C., the solution was warmed to 0° C. After 2 h, the solution was cooled to −78° C. and saturated NH4Cl solution (aq) was added. The solution was warmed to rt and EtOAc was added. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried, filtered, and concentrated. Flash chromatography of the resulting residue gave (±)(1R*,2R*,5S*)-5-benzyloxy-2-(4-methylsulfanyl-benzenesulfonylmethyl)-cyclohexanol (3.5 g) as the major product: 1H NMR (CDCl3, δppm, 300 mHz) 1.41 (m, 2H), 1.59 (m, 1H), 1.95 (m, 1H), 2.05-2.35 (m, 2H), 2.54 (s, 3H), 2.96 (dd, 1H), 3.64 (m, 2H), 3.81 (s, 1H), 4.48 (m, 2H), 7.3 (m, 7H), 7.82 (d, 2H).

1. additionAfter an addition 1 h at −78° C.
2. temperaturethe solution was warmed to 0° C
3. waitAfter 2 h
4. temperaturethe solution was cooled to −78° C.
5. temperatureThe solution was warmed to rt
6. washThe organic layer was washed with brine
7. customdried
8. filtrationfiltered
9. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-8f023ca698ef4cc68bfb4ad201bcdd3e

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2010_08

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07776884B2