Salacinol, a new type of alpha-glucosidase inhibitor discovered from the antidiabetic herb, was synthesized for the first time. Under the strategy that salacinol would be synthesized by the coupling reaction between 1,4-epithio-D-arabinitol and the cyclic sulfate of an erythritol derivative, the model coupling reactions between tetrahydrothiophene and versatile cyclic sulfate derivatives were undertaken. These experiments indicated that the 1,3-diol of the cyclic sulfate should be protected with the isopropylidene group, otherwise, even the benzylidene-protected cyclic sulfate decomposed during the reaction. Thus, the salacinol was synthesized using the cyclic sulfate of 1,3-O-isopypropylidene-D-erythritol. The resulting coupling product was deisopropylidenated to afford salacinol. A diastereomer of salacinol was also synthesized. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Salacinol, a new type of alpha-glucosidase inhibitor discovered from the antidiabetic herb, was synthesized for the first time. Under the strategy that salacinol would be synthesized by the coupling reaction between 1,4-epithio-D-arabinitol and the cyclic sulfate of an erythritol derivative, the model coupling reactions between tetrahydrothiophene and versatile cyclic sulfate derivatives were undertaken. These experiments indicated that the 1,3-diol of the cyclic sulfate should be protected with the isopropylidene group, otherwise, even the benzylidene-protected cyclic sulfate decomposed during the reaction. Thus, the salacinol was synthesized using the cyclic sulfate of 1,3-O-isopypropylidene-D-erythritol. The resulting coupling product was deisopropylidenated to afford salacinol. A diastereomer of salacinol was also synthesized. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Intramolecular Radical CyclizationRing-Closing Metathesis Approach to Fused Polycyclic Ethers. Convergent Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of the (E)FGH Ring System of Ciguatoxin
作者:Makoto Sasaki、Tetsuji Noguchi、Kazuo Tachibana
DOI:10.1021/jo010974p
日期:2002.5.1
A convergent synthetic route to the (E)FGH ringsystem 4 of ciguatoxins, the causative toxins for ciguatera fish poisoning, has been developed. The synthesis features convergent coupling to form dioxane acetal, regioselective acetal cleavage by diethylaluminum phenylthiolate or diisobutylaluminum phenylselenolate followed by intramolecular radical cyclization to construct the oxepane ring G, and a