Abstract
Zinc bromide (ZnBr2) has proved to be a facile and efficient catalyst for the stereoselective semipinacol rearrangement of α-hydroxy epoxides at room temperature. Of note are the presence in the product of two adjacent chiral carbon centers, particularly the creation of a stereoselective quaternary center, and the efficient synthesis of β-hydroxy ketones, including some with naturally occurring spiroalkane skeletons. As an example of its application, important diastereomerically enriched spirocyclic diol ligands have been synthesized conveniently via this rearrangement followed by reduction of the spirocyclic β-hydroxy ketones obtained with appropriate hydride reagents.
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