Cyclic P-keto ester monoanions react with 1,4-dihalobutenes to give C-alkylated products which subsequently undergo a stereoselective S(N)2' O-alkylation reaction to yield functionalized enol ethers. When the starting material was ethyl cyclopentanone carboxylate, the C-alkylated product, treated with a base, directly afforded the functionalized bicyclo[4.2.1]nonanone. The enol ethers were submitted to a flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT) reaction to readily afford functionalized bicyclo[4.n.1] alkanones (n = 3, 4). This reaction sequence was applied to the synthesis of a functionalized tricyclo[7.4.1.0(1,5)]tetradecanone, which represents an analogue to the tricyclic core of ingenol.
Cyclic P-keto ester monoanions react with 1,4-dihalobutenes to give C-alkylated products which subsequently undergo a stereoselective S(N)2' O-alkylation reaction to yield functionalized enol ethers. When the starting material was ethyl cyclopentanone carboxylate, the C-alkylated product, treated with a base, directly afforded the functionalized bicyclo[4.2.1]nonanone. The enol ethers were submitted to a flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT) reaction to readily afford functionalized bicyclo[4.n.1] alkanones (n = 3, 4). This reaction sequence was applied to the synthesis of a functionalized tricyclo[7.4.1.0(1,5)]tetradecanone, which represents an analogue to the tricyclic core of ingenol.
Metal-mediated two-atom carbocycle enlargement in aqueous medium
作者:Chao-Jun Li、Dong-Li Chen、Yue-Qi Lu、John X. Haberman、Joel T. Mague
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(98)00004-0
日期:1998.3
fourteen-membered ring derivatives respectively. Tetralone derivatives are similarly expanded to 6–8 fused ring systems; and indanone derivatives are expanded to 5–7 fused ring systems. The use of both indium and zinc as the metal mediators provided the ring expansion products successfully. The use of water as a solvent was found to be essential for the ring expansion reaction.