The formaltotalsynthesis of stevastelinsB and B3 (2 and 4, resp.) have been accomplished employing a highly enantiomerically controlled Lewis acid catalyzed non‐aldol approach to obtain the syn aldol product and temperature controlled hydroboration oxidation reaction to construct four consecutive stereogenic centers. The other key reactions include Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation, macrolactonization
Short-chain aldehydes are analysed by GC-MS and NMR after their transformation into the corresponding carboxyethylethylidene (CET) derivatives via Wittig reaction. The procedure implies the treatment of the aldehyde with (carbetoxyethylidene)-triphenylphosphorane under very mild conditions. The method is suitable for the detection of short and medium chain aldehydes. CET derivatives are easily prepared and can be Utilised for the analysis of raw biological samples. The efficacy of the method has been tested in the identification of biologically active aldehydes in the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula. At least two compounds, trans,trans-octadienal and 2-trans-4-trans-2,4,7-octatrienal, that have not been revealed in previous papers are unambiguously identified in the microalga. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Synthesis of 1-Deoxysphingosine Derivatives with Conformationally Restricted Pyrrolidinediol Head Groups
作者:Ann M. Dougherty、Frank E. McDonald、Dennis C. Liotta、Steven J. Moody、David C. Pallas、Carrie D. Pack、Alfred H. Merrill
DOI:10.1021/ol052839v
日期:2006.2.1
A family of cyclic 1-deoxysphingolipid derivatives of structure 4 has been designed and synthesized, which may serve as tumorigenesis suppressors for various cancers. Compound 4 is a second-generation analogue developed from sphingosine (1), in which a hydroxyl substituent is moved from C1 to C5 and a methylene is added for conformational rigidity between the C2-nitrogen substituent and C4. The synthetic chemistry for pyrrolidine ring closure at C3-C4 features ring-closing metathesis followed by hydroboration-oxidation.