Multifunctionalized α,β-cyclopentenones from C-2 and C-4-ulopyranosyl compounds: a stereospecific rearrangement initiated by base
作者:Wei Zou、Zerong Wang、Edith Lacroix、Shih-Hsiung Wu、Harold J Jennings
DOI:10.1016/s0008-6215(01)00187-2
日期:2001.8
Base treatment of O-benzyl protected C-2- or C-4-ulopyranosyl compounds (4 alpha, 4 beta, and 11) by either 10% Et3N or 1% K2CO3 in MeOH initiated a beta elimination to afford alpha,beta-unsaturated C-ulopyranosyl compounds (5 alpha, 5 beta, and 12), which further rearranged in a stereocontrolled manner to multifuctionalized alpha,beta-cyclopentenones (6 and 14) in 70-80% yield. Both C-alpha- and C-beta-2-ulosides (5 alpha and 5 beta) produced the same cyclopentenone 6, indicating that a 1,2-enolate is formed prior to the cleavage of the C-5-O bond. Because 6 is racemic, it was probably formed by the intramolecular cycloaldolization of two equally populated enantiomeric intermediates. When treated with 90% Et3N in MeOH, 5 alpha yielded almost exclusively 15 (isomer of 6), which was formed by a migration of the double bond in 5 alpha during the previously described rearrangement. Thus either 6 or 15 was the major product, depending on the base used. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.