A Concise Synthesis of Ginkgolide M, a Minor Component of a Terpene Trilactone Fraction from Ginkgo biloba Roots
摘要:
Ginkgolide M (GM), which is found only in the roots of the Ginkgo biloba tree and is an inhibitor of ligand-operated ion channels in the central nervous system, has been prepared in three steps from 10-benzylginkgolide C, an intermediate generated during the isolation and separation of ginkgolides from Ginkgo biloba leaf extract. The described synthetic sequence can be applied to access GM derivatives for biological studies.
A Concise Synthesis of Ginkgolide M, a Minor Component of a Terpene Trilactone Fraction from Ginkgo biloba Roots
摘要:
Ginkgolide M (GM), which is found only in the roots of the Ginkgo biloba tree and is an inhibitor of ligand-operated ion channels in the central nervous system, has been prepared in three steps from 10-benzylginkgolide C, an intermediate generated during the isolation and separation of ginkgolides from Ginkgo biloba leaf extract. The described synthetic sequence can be applied to access GM derivatives for biological studies.
In four reaction steps, ginkgolide A (1) was synthesized from the enol-acetate 3, which is available in six steps from 1. The key step was the reaction of the ol-epoxy-acetate 4 with the lithium enolate of methyl propionate to give the compounds 5 and 6. C-14-Labelled ginkgolide A, which is of interest for pharmacological studies, can be synthesized using the C-14-labelled methyl propionate. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.