Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Carbon Core of Menogaril Utilizing the Benzannulation Reaction of a Fischer Carbene Complex and an Alkyne
作者:Jing Su、William D. Wulff、Richard G. Ball
DOI:10.1021/jo981481w
日期:1998.11.1
The synthesis of the 2-bromoanthracyclinone 3 containing the tetracyclic core of menogaril is achieved with a strategy that is formulated around the benzannulation reaction of a Fischer carbene complex and an alkyne. This benzannulation requires a 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl carbene complex that bears an additional functional group at the 4-position that is the nascent 2-bromo substituent in 3. The evaluation of 4-bromo- and 4-trimethysilyl-substituted complexes with 1-pentyne revealed that the benzannulation was more efficient with the silyl complex. The synthesis of 3 is achieved with methoxy and acetoxy substituents at the C-9 position, which begins with the methoxy- and benzyloxy-substituted alkynes 14 and 30 that contain the A ring of the menogaril core. The closure of the last ring is accomplished by a Friedel-Crafts reaction on an in situ generated acid chloride. Adjustment of the oxidation states of the B and C rings failed according to procedures that had been developed in model studies. This was accomplished in an unexpected fashion with novel bromination reactions that occurred at a benzylic position with the C-9 methoxyl derivative and alpha to a ketone in the C-9 acetoxy derivative.