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Abstract<br />

Dearomatising Addition of Organolithiums <strong>to</strong> 2-Aryloxazolines:<br />

A <strong>Route</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Carbasugar</strong> <strong>Analogues</strong><br />

A submission for the degree of Doc<strong>to</strong>r of Philosophy at <strong>The</strong> University of Manchester,<br />

Sean Parris April 2008<br />

Nucleophilic addition <strong>to</strong> functionalised benzenoid nuclei with concomitant<br />

dearomatisation is a powerful method for the construction of highly substituted<br />

synthetic building blocks. This thesis presents a highly stereoselective dearomatising<br />

addition of organolithium nucleophiles <strong>to</strong> 2-aryloxazolines A as the key step in the<br />

synthesis of carbasugar analogues.<br />

Ph<br />

O<br />

Ph<br />

N<br />

R<br />

A<br />

i) NuLi, DMPU<br />

ii) MeI<br />

Nu: i-Pr, s-Bu<br />

Ph<br />

O<br />

Ph<br />

N<br />

Nu<br />

R<br />

B<br />

i) H +<br />

ii) MeOTf,<br />

then NaBH 4<br />

iii) H 3 O +<br />

iv) NaBH 4<br />

Nu = i-Pr<br />

R = 4-OMe<br />

HO<br />

OH<br />

>99:1 er<br />

This methodology is analogous <strong>to</strong> that of Meyers with 2-naphthyloxazolines, but<br />

requires less rigorous conditions than existing dearomatising additions <strong>to</strong> sixmembered<br />

carbocycles which often use heavy metals (chapter 1). A range of<br />

oxazolines and reaction conditions have been studied and the diphenyl oxazoline A<br />

found <strong>to</strong> be optimal, with DMPU being crucial for the reaction (section 2.1).<br />

Reactivity of the nucleophile follows 2° > 3° >> 1° alkyllithiums, hinting at a single<br />

electron transfer process, which has been studied by preliminary EPR studies and<br />

cyclisable probes (section 2.4). Oxazolines A may be synthesised in high enantiomeric<br />

purity from trans-stilbene, whilst a number of methods have been studied for the<br />

cleavage of oxazolines <strong>to</strong> synthetically useful functional groups (chapter 3). <strong>The</strong><br />

dearomatising functionalisation has been used as the key step in the protecting groupfree<br />

synthesis of carbasugar analogues C and D, in fewer steps and better yields than<br />

most chiral pool syntheses, whilst permitting far greater flexibility (chapter 4).<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

H<br />

O<br />

B<br />

Nu = i-Pr<br />

R = 4-OMe<br />

Ox*<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

OH<br />

OH<br />

HO<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

OH<br />

HO<br />

OH<br />

C<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

OH<br />

D<br />

OH<br />

33%,<br />

6 steps from A<br />

OH<br />

43%,<br />

8 steps from A<br />

HO OH<br />

OH<br />

α-L-Altrose<br />

HO<br />

H<br />

HO<br />

O<br />

HO OH<br />

OH<br />

α-L-Mannose<br />

6

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