Straightforward Synthesis of Panaxytriol: An Active Component of Red Ginseng
摘要:
A total synthesis of (3R,9R,10R)-panaxytriol (1) was accomplished enantioselectively (40% overall yield; 30% for the longest sequence). A key step was a Cadiot-Chodkiewicz cross-coupling reaction on two fragments containing, in the aggregate, three unprotected hydroxyl groups. One fragment was synthesized by a highly enantioselective reduction of an enynone. The other arose from a highly enantioselective dihydroxylation of an allylic alcohol.
An Access to erythro-Diols via Sharpless's Asymmetric Dihydroxylation Reaction
摘要:
A method has been developed to access erythro-2,3-diols via Sharpless's asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction. Thus, a TBDMS-protected (E)-allylic alcohol is dihydroxylated and the resulting threo-2,3-diol is converted to the cyclic sulfate. Upon desilylation, this compound undergoes a Payne-type rearrangement. Nucleophilic epoxide-opening then provides an erythro-2,3-diol. The conversions from the cyclic sulfate to the diol product are performed in a single reaction vessel. Due to the irreversible nature of the Payne-type rearrangement, this process is easy to perform and completely regioselective independent of the substrate structures. Also, being performed in THF, the process is compatible with a variety of nucleophiles, including thiolates, N--(3), (OAc)-O--, (CN)-C--, halides as well as carbon nucleophiles and hydride.
γ-Selective allylic substitution reaction with Grignard reagents catalyzed by copper N -heterocyclic carbene complexes and its application to enantioselective synthesis
The reaction of allylic compounds with alkyl Grignard reagents in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes proceeded predominantly in an SN2′ reaction pathway to give γ-substituted product in excellent yield. The method was applied to asymmetric reaction by using optically active NHC ligands.