Two approaches to the enantioselective synthesis of (4R)-(−)-4-hydroxymethyl-4-thiobutyro-1,4-lactone
作者:Patricia A Zunszain、Oscar Varela
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(99)00568-6
日期:2000.2
Enantiomerically pure (4R)-4-hydroxymethyl-4-thiobutyro-1,4-lactone [(5R)-dihydro-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2(3H)-thiophenone (12)] and derivatives were synthesized by two enantiospecific sequences employing D-ribono-1,4-lactone (1) and L-glutamic acid (6) as chiral templates. The key step in the first approach was the SmI2-promoted 2,3-deoxygenation of a 4-thio-L-lyxono-1,4-lactone derivative, prepared from 1. The other strategy, which starts from 6, involves the (5S)-dihydro-5-(p-tolylsulfonyloxymethyl)-2-(3H)-furanone (8) as chiral precursor. This was converted into a 4,5-thiirane derivative via the corresponding 4,5-epoxide. Regioselective opening of the thiirane ring by acetate followed by O-deacetylation gave 12 (40% overall yield from 8). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.