The present invention describes a novel synthetic method for preparing the key intermediate 2,6,10-trimethyl-1,1-dialkoxy-3,5,9-undecatriene of lycopene. An existing synthetic method have some disadvantages that it is very difficult to gain the raw material dialkyl 4-methyl-5,5-diakoxy-1-pentene-1-phosphonate (10) because no effective synthetic method can be adopted, and furthermore the obtained target compound is composed of several cis/trans isomers. This invention relates to a process comprising a condensation step wherein a starting C10-phosphonate is changed to its carbanion completely at a temperature of −40˜30 under an atmosphere of a non-reactive gas in an organic solvent catalyzed by base, and then C4-dialkyl is added to undergo Wittig-Horner condensation. This invention affords all trans C14-acetal and this method is characterized with the advantages of simple procedure, easy access to raw material and low cost, which makes it has the value of industrial application.
本发明描述了一种新的合成方法,用于制备
番茄红素的关键中间体2,6,10-三甲基-1,1-二烷氧基-3,5,9-十一烯。现有的合成方法存在一些缺点,即很难获得原料二烷基4-甲基-5,5-二烷氧基-1-
戊烯-1-
膦酸二酯(10),因为没有有效的合成方法可供采用,而且所得到的目标化合物由几个顺反异构体组成。本发明涉及一种工艺,其中在非反应性气氛下,以有机溶剂为催化剂的碱催化下,将起始C10-
膦酸酯在温度为-40℃至30℃下完全转化为其碳负离子,然后加入C4-二烷基进行威特希格-霍纳缩合反应。本发明提供全部反式C14-
缩醛,该方法具有工艺简单、原料易得和成本低等优点,具有工业应用价值。