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1.3 – Nucleophilic dearomatisation<br />

<strong>The</strong> effect of oxazoline substituents on diastereoselectivity was investigated using 2-<br />

naphthyloxazolines 44 (Table 1.7). This work shows that the C4 substituent was key<br />

<strong>to</strong> determining the stereochemistry of the product (entries a, b, d) whilst the C5<br />

substituent shows minimal effect except when syn <strong>to</strong> the C4 substituent (entry c).<br />

Similar results were seen for 1-naphthyloxazolines in the same study.<br />

Oxz<br />

i) PhLi<br />

ii) MeI<br />

Ph<br />

Oxz<br />

+<br />

Ph<br />

Oxz<br />

44<br />

45a<br />

45b<br />

Entry T / °C Oxz Yield / % 45a : b<br />

Ph<br />

5 4<br />

a –30 O N<br />

OMe<br />

89 90 : 10<br />

Me<br />

b –78 O N<br />

OMe<br />

90 9 : 91<br />

Me<br />

c –78 O N<br />

OMe<br />

93 25 : 75<br />

d –78 O N<br />

OMe<br />

90 9 : 91<br />

Table 1.7 – the effect of oxazoline substituents on diastereoselectivity 31<br />

To explain the high diastereoselectivity, Meyers proposes a bidentate interaction<br />

between the aryloxazoline and organolithium (Scheme 1.13); the two remaining<br />

coordination sites around lithium being occupied by solvent and the alkyl group, and<br />

are free <strong>to</strong> interchange. 34<br />

30

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