Structure et réactivité. IV. Diastéréosélectivité de la réduction de cétones par le borohydrure de sodium. De l'influence de l'effet de champs de substituants polaires éloignés

Abstract

The cyano group effect on diastereoselectivity is studied through the reduction of cis and trans 3-R 4-cyano cyclohexanones with NaBH4; the diastereoselectivity (zero for R = H) is 74 and 62% respectively (R = CH3) and 74 and 50% (R = (CH3)3C), the more stable isomer being always the major one. These stereoselectivities are rationalized from the experimental values of free enthalpy between conformers and from the diastereoselectivities of the 3-t-butyl (and 4-t-butyl) cyclohexanones, cis 3,5-dimethyl and 3,3,5-trimethyl cyclohexanones, without taking account of a cyano group specific effect. The decrease in diastereoselectivity for R = (CH3)3C (trans isomer) is associated with deformation induced by steric strain between the substituents.