申请人:Japan Tobacco Inc.
公开号:EP0460413A1
公开(公告)日:1991-12-11
First, levoglucosenone is made to react with methyl lithium in the presence of copper iodide in order to introduce a methyl group into an enone group of levoglucosenone, and to obtain 1,6-anhydro-3, 4-dideoxy-4-C-methyl-β-D-erythro-hexopyranose-2-ulose. This methyl compound is oxidized in acetic acid for lactone formation, and (3S,4S)-5-hydroxy-3-methylpentan-4-olide is thus obtained. Further, this lactone is made to react with tosyl chloride in anhydrous pyridine to obtain (3S,4S)-3-methyl-5-tosyloxypentan-4-olide (tosylate). The obtained tosylate is alkylated with n-propyl lithium in the presence of copper iodide to obtain (3S,4R)-3-methyl-4-octanolide. Here, the (3S,4S)-3-methyl-5-tosyloxypentan-4-olide may be treated with potassium carbonate to cleave lactone ring once, thereby obtaining epoxide. After that, the obtained epoxide is alkylated to form lactone ring again to obtain (3S,4R)-3-methyl-4-octanolide.
首先,在碘化铜存在下,使左旋葡糖酮与甲基锂发生反应,从而在左旋葡糖酮的烯酮基中引入一个甲基,并得到 1,6-脱水-3,4-二脱氧-4-C-甲基-β-D-赤式吡喃糖-2-酮。这种甲基化合物在乙酸中氧化形成内酯,从而得到 (3S,4S)-5-羟基-3-甲基戊-4-内酯。再将这种内酯在无水吡啶中与对甲苯磺酰氯反应,得到 (3S,4S)-3-甲基-5-对甲苯磺酰氧基戊烷-4-内酯(对甲苯磺酸盐)。得到的对甲苯磺酸盐在碘化铜存在下与正丙基锂发生烷基化反应,得到 (3S,4R)-3-甲基-4-辛醇内酯。在这里,(3S,4S)-3-甲基-5-对甲苯磺酰氧基戊烷-4-内酯可以用碳酸钾处理,使内酯环裂解一次,从而得到环氧化物。然后,将得到的环氧化物进行烷基化,再次形成内酯环,从而得到 (3S,4R)-3-甲基-4-辛内酯。