2S-(1RS-benzyloxy-hex-5-enyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine

In medicinal chemistry, the precise configuration of molecules is a crucial determinant of their pharmacological properties. Hence, the introduction of a new chiral center during the synthetic pathway involves the assignment of configuration. Herein we assign, by means of molecular modeling 1H and 2D Nuclear Overhauser Effect NMR techniques, the configuration of the two diastereomers 2S-(1R-benzyloxy-hex-5-enyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine and 2S-(1S-benzyloxy-hex-5-enyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine, which are useful to synthetize analogs of the potent and highly selective dipeptidyl peptidase IV and carbonic anhydrase inhibitor recently published.