A stereospecific five-stage synthesis of (±)-cis-pyrethrolone is described, involving cis-octa-1,3-dien-7-one as the key intermediate. The ethylene acetal of this ketone was made by a Wittig reaction, under salt-free condiditions, with vaporised acraldehyde. The overall yield for the synthesis was 21%, and it provides highly pure (pm;)-cis-pyrethrolone for the first time. The material is spectrally
Ring-Enlarging Annulations. A One-Step Conversion of Cyclic Silyl Acyloins and .omega.-Alkynyl Acetals to Polycyclic Enediones
作者:Aaron Balog、Dennis P. Curran
DOI:10.1021/jo00107a011
日期:1995.1
new sequence of cationic reactions that converts cyclic silyl acyloins and omega-alkynyl acetals to polycyclic enediones is reported. For example, treatment of bis-1,2-((trimethylsilyl)oxy)cyclobutene and 2-(ethylenedioxy)-5-heptyne with excess boron trifluoride etherate in methylene chloride for 2 days provides 4-acetyl-3,5,6,6a-tetrahydro-6a-methyl-1-(2H)-pentalenone in 58% yield. This product is formed via a sequence involving a Mukaiyama aldol reaction, a pinacol ring expansion, and a 5-exo-dig alkynyl ketone cyclization. In the case of terminal alkynes, the last cyclization occurs in a 6-endo-dig fashion. The scope and limitations of this process are studied, and a number of bi- and tricyclic ring systems are formed.
Implication of a common trimethylenemethane intermediate in dimer formation and structural methylenecyclopropane rearrangement of a bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-1-ene to a 5-alkylidenebicyclo[2.1.0]pentane
作者:Richard F. Salinaro、Jerome A. Berson
DOI:10.1021/ja00372a020
日期:1982.4
Annulative ring expansions. Direct conversion of .omega.-alkynyl acetals to polycyclic unsaturated ketones
作者:Joseph Sisko、Aaron Balog、Dennis P. Curran
DOI:10.1021/jo00042a007
日期:1992.7
Geminal acylation of omega-acetylenic acetals and bis(silyloxy)cycloalkenes under Lewis acid conditions preceded cationic cyclization of the alkyne onto the ketone to produce polycyclic unsaturated ketones.
Additive and Medium Effects on Lewis Acid-Promoted Cationic .pi.-Cyclizations of Alkenyl- and Alkynylcyclopentane-1,3-diones
作者:Aaron Balog、Steven V. Geib、Dennis P. Curran
DOI:10.1021/jo00107a012
日期:1995.1
The effects of nucleophilic additives, Lewis and Bronsted acids, and solvents on BF3.Et(2)O-promoted cationic pi-cyclizations of alkynyl- and alkenylcyclopentane-1,3-diones are reported. The rates and selectivities of alkynyl dione cyclizations were significantly effected by the addition of external nucleophiles or water, and the regioselectivity of cyclization was effected by the choice of reaction solvent. Cyclizations of alkenyl diones, which fail under standard non-nucleophilic conditions, were found to be successful in the presence of added nucleophiles or with Lewis acids other than BF3.Et(2)O. The usefulness of these cationic pi-cyclizations for producing bicyclic ring systems of various functionality was also explored.