Bentham Science Publishers, Letters in Organic Chemistry, 6(4), p. 388-392, 2007
DOI: 10.2174/157017807781467623
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The chiral (S)-3-alkyl-3-(pyrrol-1-yl)prop-l-enes 1a-c were hydroformylated at 20°C and high-pressure (100 atm) giving the branched aldehydes 2-methyl-3-(pyrrol-1-yl)alkanales (2+2′) with a good regio-selectivfty and a high diastereomeric excess (2/2′ up to 90:10). The absolute configuration of the diasteromers was assigned via NMR measurements, 2S,3S being the predominant one.