摘要:
Furano alcohol 5, the key intermediate in our proposed synthesis of the guaianolide sesquiterpene geigerin (1), was prepared by a novel sequence of reactions which includes a chemoselective oxy-Cope transformation of enynols of general structure 42. Although 42 itself underwent oxy-Cope reaction with exclusive triple-bond participation, the corresponding tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether 46 gave the desired vinyl silyloxy Cope product 48 with 100% selectivity. The conversion of acetylenic oxazole 48 to 5 was then effected by a highly efficient (Diels-Alder)-(retro-Diels-Alder) transformation to generate the guaiane ketone 20, followed by hydride reduction.