NEW MATERIAL:A triflate expressed by the formula (R and R' are cyclic or acyclic alkyl; n is 1 or 2).
USE: Capable of readily synthesizing various optically active substances or cyclic ether compounds and extremely useful for producing the basic skeleton of natural compounds having physiological activity.
PREPARATION: A solution of anhydrous trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in anhydrous methylene chloride is dripped into the objective alcohol-anhydrous methylene chloride-pyridine solution at about -15°C in nitrogen atmosphere to afford the compound expressed by the formula. The above-mentioned triflate is used to provide an oxygen-containing compound by triflating alcohols having an oxygen functional group at the β-position and reacting the resultant compound with an organocopper reagent or reacting the alcohols with a Grignard reagent in the presence of a copper compound catalyst.
KADOTA ISAO
USHIO YASUYUKI
OCHI MASAMITSU
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