作者:Gerhard Buchbauer、Helmut Spreitzer、Friederike Zechmeister-Machhart、Alexander Klinsky、Petra Weiβ-Greiler、Peter Wolschann
DOI:10.1016/s0223-5234(98)80047-0
日期:1998.6
In extension of structure-activity relationship investigations on beta-santalol, where the shape of the molecular surface was found to be of high importance, the influence of the electrostatic properties cf the molecules was investigated. Two derivatives of beta-santalol with similar molecular shape but with an oxygen atom instead of carbon atoms were synthesized: keto-beta-santalol and methoxy-beta-santalol. These two oxygen-containing santalol analogues were synthesized by total syntheses starting from apocamphenilone. A common intermediate for both target molecules, an appropriate bicyclic ketoaldehyde, proved to be inapplicable. Therefore methoxy-beta-santalol was prepared by insertion of an ethyldioxolane sidechain into apocamphenilone and completing the synthesis by five additional steps. Keto-beta-santalol was prepared on a convergent route by insertion of the already prefabricated sidechain into the starting ketone, followed by one additional step. The presence of the second oxygen atom leads to the complete loss of the odour, which is the evidence that apart from the molecular shape, the electrostatic potential has to be taken into account in molecular similarity studies of this class of compounds. (C) Elsevier, Paris.