A remarkable substituent effect on the enantioselectivity of tandem asymmetric epoxidation and enantiospecific ring expansion of cyclopropylidene alcohols: a new enantiocontrolled synthesis of (-)-debromoaplysin and (-)-aplysin
作者:Hideo Nemoto、Masatoshi Nagamochi、Hiroki Ishibashi、Keiichiro Fukumoto
DOI:10.1021/jo00080a014
日期:1994.1
A remarkable substituent effect by the tert-butyldimethylsiloxy group on the enantioselectivity of the tandem asymmetric epoxidation and enantiospecific ring expansion of 2-[2-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)-4-methylphenyl]-2-cyclopropylideneethanol (18), affording (S)-(-)-2-[2-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)-4-methylphenyl]-2-hydroxymethylcyclobutanone (21) in high yield and high enantiomeric excess, was observed. This enabled us to accomplish a concise and highly enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-debromoaplysin (2) and (-)-aplysin (1), providing a new and general strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of biologically important substances having the dihydrobenzofuran framework.