Regioselective addition of the prenal potassium dienolate onto α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. A short access to polyenaldehydes
摘要:
The potassium dienolate of prenal obtained by treatment of the corresponding dienoxysilane with tBuOK was reacted with enaldehydes. In all cases a gamma-specific reaction occurs. According to the reaction conditions gamma;1,2 or a gamma;1,4 coupled product was selectively obtained with enals. The gamma;1,2 reaction provided an efficient prenylation procedure. A short two-step synthesis of retinal is described. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
The enolate of prenal 1 prepared from the corresponding silyl enolether 2 or enol acetate 3 led to a γ-regiospecific reaction with polyunsaturated aldehydes 4 yielding dihydropyrans 5 leading after hydrolysis to polyenals 7. This process allows the introduction of the isoprenyl skeleton. A synthesis of retinal. from β-ionylidenacetaldehyde is reported.