Formal synthesis of (+)-varitriol. Application of Pd(II)/Cu(II)-catalysed bicyclisation of unsaturated polyols
摘要:
A formal and improved synthesis of natural (+)-varitriol from D-glucose and dimethyl L-tartrate, respectively, are reported. The key steps are the Pd(II)/Cu(II)-catalysed bicyclisation of O-benzyl protected triols L-xylo-15 and L-xylo-15/L-lyxo-15, respectively, followed by ring opening of intermediate dianhydro-L-gulitol 16. The syntheses of key intermediate of the furanoside portion 17 proceed in 13 steps with 5% (from bisacetone-D-glucose), and in 12 steps with 7.6% over-all yield from dimethyl L-tartrate, respectively. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The totalsynthesis of natural (+)-varitriol (1) was accomplished by starting from dimethyl L-tartrate. The keyfeatures were a substrate selective and diastereoselective PdII-catalysed bicyclisation of unsaturated protected triol 9 followed by regioselective ring-opening of bicyclic skeleton 10. The absolute configuration of the target was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis for the first time