Synthesis and Highly Stereoselective Hydrogenation of the Statin Precursor Ethyl (5S)-5,6-Isopropylidenedioxy-3-oxohexanoate
作者:Vitali I. Tararov、Gerd König、Armin Börner
DOI:10.1002/adsc.200600291
日期:2006.12
-oxohexanoates (2) – a key intermediate in the synthesis of pharmacologially important statins – starting from (S)-malic acid is described. The synthesis of the required initial compound methyl (3S)-3,4-(isopropylidenedioxy)butanoate (1) by Moriwake’s reduction of dimethyl (S)-malate (3) has been improved. Direct 2-C chain elongation of ester 1 using the lithium enolate of tert-butyl acetate has been