Sociedade Brasileira de Química, SBQ, Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 6(21), p. 1017-1036, 2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-50532010000600011
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The synthesis of a series of chiral secondary alcohols derived from (R)-carvone, and the stereochemical outcome of their reaction with (±)-ibuprofen, is reported. The racemic drug was transformed into the corresponding diastereomeric esters mediated by DCC/DMAP, affording up to 5.7:1 diastereomeric ratios of the esters derived from either (S)- or (R)-ibuprofen, depending on the type of chiral auxiliary employed.