Relative and Absolute Structure Assignments of Alkenes Using Crystalline Osmate Derivatives for X-Ray Analysis [post]

Alexander S. Burns, Charles dooley, Paul R. Carlson, Joseph W. Ziller, Scott Rychnovsky
2019 unpublished
<div><div><p>Osmium tetroxide and TMEDA form stable crystalline adducts with alkenes. The structure of liquid alkenes can be determined through X-ray analysis of these derivatives. Osmium, a heavy atom, facilitates the crystallographic analysis and the determination of the absolute configuration using common Mo X-ray sources. The utility of this method for assigning structures and absolute configurations was demonstrated on a number of unsaturated substrates that include simple alkenes, enones,
more » ... enol ethers, and silyl enol ethers.</p></div></div>
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.10830143 fatcat:qmqumgpj6jf5tphx5xp5gp2qxu