作者:Juan M Castro、Sofı́a Salido、Joaquı́n Altarejos、Manuel Nogueras、Adolfo Sánchez
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(02)00571-9
日期:2002.7
A synthesis of the valuable amber-type odorant Ambrox(R) from labdanolic acid (main diterpenoid of the acid fraction of nonpolar extracts of Cistus ladaniferus L.) is reported. The conversion is based on (a) the alpha,beta-dehydrogenation of methyl labdanolate using an organoselenium reagent, (b) subsequent oxidative degradations of the side chain, and (c) final acid-promoted cyclization of the resulting tetranorlabdan-8alpha,12-diol. The influence of the temperature and solvent in the cyclization of the diol with p-toluenesulfonic acid is also described. Thus, Ambrox(R) has been obtained by a six-step procedure in 33% overall yield from methyl labdanolate. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.