Desymmetrization of the C-2-symmetric bis-dimethylamide derived from tartaric acid by controlled addition of alkynyl lithium reagents furnished the mono alkynyl ketones which on reduction produced the corresponding propargyl alcohols with good diastereoselectivity. The propargyl alcohols were transformed to allenes using Claisen rearrangement. The formed allenes serve as a precursor for the synthesis of one of the THP units of the natural product sorangicin and for the synthesis of the polyhydroxy unit present in natural product anamarine. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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E China Normal Univ, Dept Chem, Shanghai Key Lab Green Chem & Chem Proc, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R ChinaE China Normal Univ, Dept Chem, Shanghai Key Lab Green Chem & Chem Proc, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China