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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Org Lett. 2009 Oct 15;11(20):4520–4523. doi: 10.1021/ol9016595

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Attempted SN2 OH → Cl substitution. Representative reactions tested include: (1) CCl4, PPh3, CH2Cl2, rt; 93% ee → 50% ee, (2) Cl3CCONH2, PPh3, CH2Cl2, rt; 93% ee → 70% ee, and (3) a. MsCl, Et3N, CH2Cl2, rt and b. LiCl, DMF, rt; 93% ee → 75% ee.