Efficient entry to 1-benzoxepine ring skeleton via tandem SN2/Wittig reaction. Total synthesis of NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) antagonist pterulinic acid
作者:Yuh-Lin Lin、Hsien-Shou Kuo、Yi-Wen Wang、Sheng-Tung Huang
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(02)01658-7
日期:2003.2
Concise synthesis of NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) antagonist pterulinic acid (1a) is reported. The key architectural framework in the natural product, 1-benzoxepine ring skeleton, was smoothly prepared from known salicylaldehyde 2g and phosphorane 3 via tandem S(N)2/Wittig reaction. Pterulinic acid was prepared in 5 steps from 2g with overall yield of 25%. The versatility of tandem S(N)2/Wittig reaction was investigated. This tandem reaction tolerated various alkyl, ether, tertiaryamine and nitro substituted salicylaldehyde, and it gave the corresponding 1-benzoxepine ring skeleton in moderated yield (21-72%). (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.