Several tetracyclic molecules were prepared by diene-transmissive DielsAlder cycloadditions. Control over the stereochemical outcome of the cycloaddition was achieved and the structural features of the precursors affecting the stereochemistry is discussed. Useful information was gathered concerning the factors governing this stereocontrol, which will be indispensable for the future of this strategy
Enantioselective synthesis of (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene, the sex pheromone of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Jacobina, Brazil
作者:Kenji Mori、Takuya Tashiro、Satoshi Sano
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)00831-5
日期:2000.7
(1S,3S,7R)-3-Methyl-α-himachalene, the sexpheromone of the male sandfly (Lutzomyia longipalpis) fromJacobina, Brazil, was synthesized enantioselectively by employing Evans’ or Oppolzer’s asymmetric methylation as the key step. The absolute configuration at the ring junction of this pheromone is opposite to that of the known (1R,7R)-α-himachalene of plant origin.
Pheromone Synthesis, CCVIII: Synthesis of (1S,3S,7R)-3-Methyl-α-himachalene, the Sex Pheromone of the Sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Jacobina, Brazil
作者:Takuya Tashiro、Masahiko Bando、Kenji Mori
DOI:10.1055/s-2000-8220
日期:——
(1S,3S,7R)-3-Methyl-α-himachalene, the sex pheromone of the male sandfly (Lutzomyia longipalpis) from Jacobina, Brazil, was synthesized enantioselectively by employing Evan's or Oppolzer's asymmetric methylation and intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction as the two key steps. The absolute configuration of the product was unambiguously established by X-ray analysis of a compound related to one of the synthetic intermediates. The ring junction of this sandfly pheromone possesses the absolute configuration opposite to that of the known (1R,7R)-α-himachalene of plant origin.
To investigate the structure odor correlation of musks,(12R)-12-methyl-13-tridecanotide (1), a macrocyclic musk, and 13-tridecanolide. its non-musky demethyl analogue. were conformationally constrained by introduction of methylene bridges between C-3 and C-8 or C-9. These [7.5.1]- and [8.4.1]macrobicycles were synthesized starting from bicyclo[5.3.1]undec-8-en-9-one (3) and bicyclo[4.3.1]dec-7-en-8-one (8), respectively, by a sequence consisting of catalytic hydrogenation. a-alkylation with a TBS-protected (tert-butyldimethylsilyl) hydroxy halide., acid-catalyzed cyclization, oxidative cleavage of the formed enol ether double bond, and subsequent reduction of the carbonyl group via its tosylhydrazone. The compound (1R,6R,9R)-(+)-6-methyl-4-oxa-bicyclo[7.5.1]pentadecan-3-one (22) was found to possess the most pronounced musk odor, and this was rationalized by a superposition analysis with the polycyclic aromatic musk odorant (4S,7R)-Galaxolide (2). In its (1S,6R,9S)-(+)stereoisomer-23 as well as in (1S,6R, 10R)-(+)-6-methyl-4-oxabicyclo-[8.4.1]pentadecan-3-one (18) the (6R)-methyl group seems to hinder the interaction with the musk receptor, while the demethyl compounds 7 and 12 showed only very faint odors.
Synthesis of novel antifungal phthalides produced by a wheat rhizosphere fungus
Two antifungal phthalides produced by a wheat rhizosphere fungus have been synthesized using the Alder-Rickert reaction to construct their common isobenzofuranone core structure. The absolute configuration of one of the two phthalides has been determined to be S by synthesizing its (S)- and (R)-enantiomer and comparing their optical rotations with that of the natural product. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.