New optically pure dimethylacetals of glyceraldehydes and their application for lipid and phospholipid synthesis
作者:Ulrich Massing、Hansjörg Eibl
DOI:10.1016/0009-3084(95)02445-o
日期:1995.6
A convenient synthesis of new and enantiomerically pure 2-O-protected D-glyceraldehyde dimethylacetals as chiral C-3 building blocks for the synthesis of lipids and phospholipids is described. Benzyl- or allylethers are used as protecting groups in position 2 and 5 of D-mannitol. These intermediates are converted to 2-O-benzyl- or 2-O-allyl-D-glyceraldehyde dimethylacetals by cleavage with periodic acid in methanol. The two dimethylacetals are useful for the synthesis of mixed chain phospholipids with natural configuration of ester-ester, ester-ether or ether-ether composition. Also, triglycerides with three different alkyl chains, ester or ether, can be prepared. As an example of the versatility of the new intermediates, we describe the synthesis of 1-O-hexahecyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, the so-called 'platelet activating factor' (PAF), via 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-benzyl-sn-glycerol.