Abstract
The stereoisomers of 2-methyltetrahydropyran-4-ol have been separated and identified by carbon-13 and proton nmr analysis of the trideuteriomethyl-2,6,6-trideuterio analogue. Stereoisomeric product ratios of reduction of 2-methyltetrahydropyran-4-one (1) by NaBH4, KBH4, L-Selectride, K-Selectride, and LiBH(nBu)3 have been determined and compared with reductions of 3-methylcyclohexanone. Product ratios in the reduction of the two substrates by the borohydride reducing agents are similar but are quite different in the reduction by the Selectride reducing agents, 1 being reduced by Selectride to give 73% equatorialalcohol. Two possible mechanisms of reduction of 1 are proposed, involving intramolecular assistance by the cyclic ether oxygen.
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