A process for preparing dl-strigol, a potent seed germination agent, which comprises preparing the 2-bromomethyl-substituted methyl ester of 2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-3-one-1-carboxylic acid, alkylating and cyclizing the said compound with an excess of dimethyl sodiomalonate to obtain methyl 1,4-diketo-7,7-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindane-2-carboxylate and its enol, subjecting the said keto and enol forms of the compound, in admixture, to alkylation with methyl bromoacetate followed by acidic hydrolysis and spontaneous decarboxylation to obtain methyl 1,4-diketo-7,7-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindane-2-acetic acid, reducing the said acetic acid with a hydride reducing agent and recovering and separating the resulting 1,4-cis and trans-dihydroxy-7,7-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindane-2-acetic acid lactones, formylating each of the cis and trans .gamma. lactones, alkylating the respective resulting hydroxy methylene lactones with bromobutenolide and recovering dl-strigol, dl-4'-epi-strigol, dl-4-epi-strigol and dl-4,4'-diepi-strigol. New compounds useful as intermediates in the above process are also shown.
一种制备强效种子萌发剂dl-strigol的过程,包括制备2-
溴甲基取代的2,6,6-三甲基环己-1-烯-3-酮-1-
羧酸甲酯,将该化合物与过量的二甲基苏打酸甲酯烷基化和环化,得到甲基1,4-二酮-7,7-二甲基-4,5,6,7-四氢
茚-2-
羧酸甲酯及其烯醇,将该化合物的酮和烯醇形式混合,进行甲基
溴乙酸酯烷基化,然后进行酸性
水解和自发脱羧,得到甲基1,4-二酮-7,7-二甲基-4,5,6,7-四氢
茚-2-
乙酸,用还原剂还原该
乙酸并回收和分离所得的1,4-cis和trans-二羟基-7,7-二甲基-4,5,6,7-四氢
茚-2-
乙酸内酯,对cis和trans .gamma.内酯进行甲酰化,用
溴丁内酯烷基化各自得到的
羟基亚甲基内酯,并回收dl-strigol,dl-4'-epi-strigol,dl-4-epi-strigol和dl-4,4'-diepi-strigol。还显示了在上述过程中有用的新化合物中间体。