The invention relates to methods for the preparation of an optically inactive and optically active compounds which are selected from the group consisting of C-3 coupled biflavonoids and C-3 coupled biflavonoid analogues from a starting material or intermediate which are respectively selected from the group consisting of optically inactive or optically active flavan-3-ols and optically active flavan-3-ones, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing an optically inactive or active compound having a flavan-3-ol structure or a compound which is a flavan-3-one, (b) if a compound having a flavan-3-ol structure with a hydroxy group on the C-3 carbon is selected as starting material, converting the hydroxy group on the C-3 carbon of the compound having the flavan-3-ol structure to an oxo group to form a flavan-3-one of that compound, (c) providing a compound having a nucleophilic aromatic moiety, which compound is selected from the group of compounds having a nucleophilic aromatic moiety and which have flavonoid base structures and compounds having a nucleophilic aromatic moiety and which do not have a flavonoid base structure, (d) contacting the flavan-3-one provided by step (a) or obtained by step (b) with the compound containing the nucleophilic aromatic moiety in the presence of a Lewis acid; (e) forming a first intermediate compound wherein the oxo group on the C-3 carbon is converted to a hydroxy group by virtue of nucleophilic addition when the compound containing the nucleophilic aromatic moiety is contacted to the C-3 carbon of the flavan-3-one, (f) subjecting the first intermediate compound to dehydration so as to introduce a double bond between the C-3 carbon and C-4 carbon of the intermediate compound with the concomitant removal of the hydroxy group from the C-3 carbon to form an optically active flavene compound which is substituted by the nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon, (g) optionally subjecting the resultant flavene compound to hydroboration-oxidation hydration thereby removing said double bond between the C-3 carbon and the C-4 carbon with the concomitant introduction of a hydroxy group at the C-4 carbon to form a second intermediate compound, (h) further optionally oxidizing the second intermediate compound of step (g) thereby converting the hydroxy group at the said C-4 carbon to an oxo group, thereby forming a biflavonoid or biflavonoid analogue which is substituted by the selected nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon, (i) further optionally, and alternatively to step (h), subjecting the resultant flavene compound of step (f) to OsO
4
dihydroxylation thereby removing said double bond between the C-3 carbon and C-4 carbon with the concomitant introduction of a hydroxy group at the C-4 carbon and a hydroxy group at the C-3 carbon to form a third intermediate compound, and (j) subjecting the third intermediate compound to dehydration whereby the hydroxy group at the C-3 carbon is removed and a double bond is introduced between the C-3 carbon and C-4 carbon thereby forming an enol product and allowing such enol product to rearrange spontaneously to form a biflavonoid or biflavonoid analogue having an oxo group at its C-4 carbon and which is substituted by the selected nucleophilic aromatic moiety on its C-3 carbon.
本发明涉及一种制备选自C-3偶联的双
黄酮和C-3偶联的双黄
酮类似物的无光学活性和光学活性化合物的方法,其起始材料或
中间体分别选自无光学活性或光学活性的黄烷-3-醇和光学活性的黄烷-3-
酮,该方法包括以下步骤:(a)提供具有黄烷-3-醇结构的无光学活性或活性化合物或具有黄烷-3-
酮结构的化合物;(b)如果选择具有C-3
碳上羟基的黄烷-3-醇结构的化合物作为起始材料,则将该化合物的C-3
碳上的羟基转化为羰基基团,形成该化合物的黄烷-3-
酮;(c)提供一种具有亲核芳香基团的化合物,该化合物选自具有亲核芳香基团的
黄酮基结构和不具有
黄酮基结构的具有亲核芳香基团的化合物;(d)在
路易斯酸的存在下将步骤(a)提供的或步骤(b)获得的黄烷-3-
酮与含有亲核芳香基团的化合物接触;(e)形成第一
中间体化合物,其中由于亲核加成,C-3
碳上的羰基基团转化为羟基基团,当含有亲核芳香基团的化合物与黄烷-3-
酮的C-3
碳接触时;(f)将第一
中间体化合物
脱水,以在
中间体化合物的C-3
碳和C-4
碳之间引入双键,并同时去除C-3
碳上的羟基基团,形成一种被亲核芳香基团取代的光学活性黄
烯化合物;(g)可选地将所得黄
烯化合物进行
氢硼化-
氧化
水合反应,从而去除C-3
碳和C-4
碳之间的双键,并同时在C-4
碳引入羟基基团,形成第二
中间体化合物;(h)进一步可选地将步骤(g)的第二
中间体化合物
氧化,将C-4
碳上的羟基基团转化为羰基基团,从而形成在C-3
碳上被选定的亲核芳香基团取代的双
黄酮或双黄
酮类似物;(i)进一步可选地,替代步骤(h),将步骤(f)的所得黄
烯化合物进行OsO4二羟基化反应,从而去除C-3
碳和C-4
碳之间的双键,并同时在C-4
碳和C-3
碳引入羟基基团,形成第三
中间体化合物;(j)将第三
中间体化合物
脱水,从而去除C-3
碳上的羟基基团,并在C-3
碳和C-4
碳之间引入双键,从而形成
烯醇产物,并使该
烯醇产物自发地重排,形成在其C-4
碳上具有羰基基团且在其C-3
碳上被选定的亲核芳香基团取代的双
黄酮或双黄
酮类似物。