A process for the preparation of forskolin from 9-deoxy-forskolin and intermediates used therein
申请人:HOECHST-ROUSSEL
PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
公开号:EP0243646A1
公开(公告)日:1987-11-04
A method of regioselectively and stereoselectively synthesizing forskolin (8,13-epoxy-1α,6β,7β,9α-tetrahydroxylabd-14-en-11-one) from 9-deoxyforskolin (8,13-epoxy-1α,6β,7β,-trihydroxylabd-14-en-11-one) with a good yield is described. In a preferred embodiment, it comprises an enol ether formation from 8,13-epoxy-1α,6β,7β-trihydroxylabd-14-en-11-one-6,7-carbonate, oxidation of the enol ether with a suitable peroxy acid to obtain 11,12-dehydro-8,13-epoxy-11-methoxy-1α,6β,7β,9α-tetrahydrolabd-14-ene-6,7-carbonate and hydrolysis of the latter under an acidic condition to obtain 8,13-epoxy-1α,6β,7β,9α-tetrahydroxylabd-14-en-11-one-6,7-carbonate. As an alternative way of protecting the two hydroxy groups at carbon-6 and carbon-7, they may also be converted to dimethyl acetal during the synthetic sequence. Four compounds produced in the synthetic scheme as intermediates, namely, 9,11-dehydro-8,13-epoxy-11-methoxy-1α,6β,7β-trihydroxy-labd-14-ene-6,7-carbonate and 11,12-dehydro-8,13-epoxy-11-methoxy-1α,6β,7β,9α-tetrahydroxylabd-14-ene-6,7-carbonate and the corresponding dimethyl acetal compounds are believed to be novel.
本发明描述了一种以 9-脱氧福斯克林(8,13-环氧-1α,6β,7β,9α-三羟基赖百当-14-烯-11-酮)为原料,进行区域选择性和立体选择性合成福斯克林(8,13-环氧-1α,6β,7β,9α-四羟基赖百当-14-烯-11-酮)并获得良好收率的方法。在一个优选的实施方案中,它包括从 8,13-环氧-1α,6β,7β-三羟基赖百当-14-烯-11-酮-6,7-碳酸酯中生成烯醇醚,用合适的过氧酸氧化烯醇醚,得到 11,12-脱氢-8-环氧-11-甲氧基赖百当-14-烯-11-酮-6,7-碳酸酯、13-环氧-11-甲氧基-1α,6β,7β,9α-四氢巴豆-14-烯-6,7-碳酸酯,后者在酸性条件下水解,得到 8,13-环氧-1α,6β,7β,9α-四羟基巴豆-14-烯-11-酮-6,7-碳酸酯。作为保护碳 6 和碳 7 上两个羟基的另一种方法,也可以在合成过程中将它们转化为二甲基缩醛。在合成方案中作为中间体产生的四种化合物,即 9,11-脱氢-8,13-环氧-11-甲氧基-1α,6β,7β-三羟基-赖百当-14-烯-6,7-碳酸酯和 11,12-脱氢-8,13-环氧-11-甲氧基-1α,6β,7β,9α-四羟基-赖百当-14-烯-6,7-碳酸酯以及相应的二甲基乙缩醛化合物被认为是新颖的。