Total Synthesis and Structural Verification of Some Novel Branched Alkanes with Quaternary Carbons Isolated from Diverse Geological Sources
作者:David Crich、Huadong Xu、Fabien Kenig
DOI:10.1021/jo0603983
日期:2006.6.1
With a view to the authentication of an unusual series of branched alkanes with quaternary centers (BAQCs) isolated from geological samples, and whose structures rest on the interpretation of EI-mass spectral fragmentation patterns, the total synthesis of 3-ethyl-3-methylheptadecane, 3,3-dimethylheptadecane, 3,3,11,11-tetraethyltridecane, and 5,5,7,7-tetraethylundecane is described. The GC-MS data of the first two samples are identical with those of the isolates and confirm their structures. However, the GC-MS data of the two more highly branched structures do not match those of the geological isolates leading to the conclusion that these structures were erroneously assigned.