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3.2 – Oxazoline removal<br />

3.2.6 Determination of optical purity<br />

Ph<br />

Ph<br />

O<br />

N<br />

i) MeOTf, 18 hr<br />

then NaBH 4<br />

HO<br />

p-BrBzCl<br />

DMAP<br />

O-pBrBz<br />

O<br />

201<br />

ii) Oxalic acid, 3 d rt<br />

iii) NaBH 4<br />

OH<br />

225<br />

94%<br />

> 95:5 dr<br />

Et 3 N, CH 2 Cl 2<br />

O-pBrBz<br />

62%<br />

115<br />

> 99:1 e.r.<br />

Scheme 3.39 – determination of optical purity<br />

<strong>The</strong> alkylation-reduction-hydrolysis method was applied <strong>to</strong> enone 201 and the<br />

resulting diol benzoylated <strong>to</strong> allow HPLC analysis, showing bisbenzoate 115 <strong>to</strong> be<br />

essentially optically pure. <strong>The</strong> para-bromobenzoate was chosen since it x-ray<br />

crystallography would allow confirmation of the absolute stereochemistry, however<br />

bisbenzoate 115 could not be crystallised.<br />

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