作者:Elvie N. Lawson、William Kitching、Colin H. L. Kennard、Karl A. Byriel
DOI:10.1021/jo00061a025
日期:1993.4
The simple spiroketals, 1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nonane (2), 1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane (5), 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane (6), and (E,E)-2,8-dimethyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane (7), have been brominated by bromine in carbon tetrachloride/calcium carbonate or acetic acid, and a number of mono-, di-, and tribromo derivatives have been characterized. The relative stereochemistries have been established by correlated H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystal structure determinations. Dehydrobromination with potassium tert-butoxide in either dimethyl sulfoxide or tetrahydrofuran is facile for the axial monobromides, although both axial and equatorial bromides derived from 1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane (5) and 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane (6) dehydrobrominate to provide 1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]dec-9-ene (35) and 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undec-4-ene (26), respectively. Hydration of these readily acquired alkenes furnishes the corresponding 9- and 4-ols, respectively, with the latter being components of the rectal glandular secretion of Bactrocera oleae (olive fly), Bactrocera cacuminatus, and Bactrocera distincta. These studies indicate that alpha-bromination of suitable spiroketals may be a viable later step in the synthesis of alpha-bromine-containing spiroketal metabolites such as obtusin and neoobtusin.