Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 770-773.doi: 10.1007/s40242-014-4073-3

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Stereoselective Synthesis of (R)-Salmeterol via Asymmetric Cyanohydrin Reaction

LI Wei, HUANG Hai, JIN Xiaodong, LIU Yujian, XU Chaohang, ZHU Hongjun   

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. China
  • Received:2014-03-06 Revised:2014-05-16 Online:2014-10-01 Published:2014-06-16
  • Contact: ZHU Hongjun E-mail:zhuhj@njtech.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(No.2011BAE06A07-04).

Abstract:

The authors described a short and highly enantioselective route to (R)-salmeterol involving asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrin followed by nucleophilic substitution with 6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexyl methanesulfonate.

Key words: Asymmetric synthesis, Catalysis, Cyanohydrin, Ethanolamine, Methanesulfonate