We describe a total synthesis of (+/-)-chlorovulone II that is 10 steps shorter than the best alternative currently available (nine vs 19 steps). The key event of the synthesis is an aldol addition of the enolate of ethyl acetate into 4-cyclopentene-1,3-dione, a substance that has received little attention as an educt for prostanoid synthesis and for which little is known about carbonyl 1,2-addition with enolates. In addition, we provide chemical and stereochemical details of a route to a key intermediate toward the title compound that involves a carbonyl-ene reaction and a radical addition to an aldehyde carbonyl.
We describe a total synthesis of (+/-)-chlorovulone II that is 10 steps shorter than the best alternative currently available (nine vs 19 steps). The key event of the synthesis is an aldol addition of the enolate of ethyl acetate into 4-cyclopentene-1,3-dione, a substance that has received little attention as an educt for prostanoid synthesis and for which little is known about carbonyl 1,2-addition with enolates. In addition, we provide chemical and stereochemical details of a route to a key intermediate toward the title compound that involves a carbonyl-ene reaction and a radical addition to an aldehyde carbonyl.
A Paternò−Büchi Approach to the Synthesis of Merrilactone A
作者:Jone Iriondo-Alberdi、Jesus E. Perea-Buceta、Michael F. Greaney
DOI:10.1021/ol0514496
日期:2005.9.1
A six-step approach to the tetracyclic core of merrilactone A is described that uses an intramolecular Paterno-Buchi photoaddition to install the key oxetane ring. Irradiation of bicyclic enone 16, constructed through cyclopentenone alkylation followed by a domino oxy-/carbopalladation reaction, produces the tetracyclic oxetane 17 in excellent yield, having the core carbon skeleton of the target compound
We describe a total synthesis of (+/-)-chlorovulone II that is 10 steps shorter than the best alternative currently available (nine vs 19 steps). The key event of the synthesis is an aldol addition of the enolate of ethyl acetate into 4-cyclopentene-1,3-dione, a substance that has received little attention as an educt for prostanoid synthesis and for which little is known about carbonyl 1,2-addition with enolates. In addition, we provide chemical and stereochemical details of a route to a key intermediate toward the title compound that involves a carbonyl-ene reaction and a radical addition to an aldehyde carbonyl.