Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.6, 591-593, 2011
Synthesis and Stereochemical Behavior of (E)-Cyclononene Derivatives
A versatile synthetic approach to planar chiral molecules from (E)-5-cyclononen-1-one (1) has been developed; these molecules have multifunctionalities with (E)-cyclononene skeleton. The newly synthesized keto-ester 3 having central chirality shows labile planar chirality. In contrast, enol derivative 4 and enyne 5 show robust planar chirality.