The aphid sex pheromone cyclopentanoids: Synthesis in the elucidation of structure and biosynthetic pathways
作者:Glenn W. Dawson、John A. Pickett、Diane W.M. Smiley
DOI:10.1016/0968-0896(96)00012-0
日期:1996.3
Identification of a range of aphid sex pheromones as comprising the cyclopentanoids (4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactune, (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactol and the (1S)- and (1R,4aR,7S,7aS)-nepetalactols required samples authenticated by H-1 and C-13 NMR. These and related compounds were provided by small scale synthesis and extraction from plants in the genus Nepeta (Lamiaceae). The subsequent discovery that the synthetic sex pheromones could attract males, and also parasitic wasps that attack aphids, has created a need for large scale syntheses of the cyclopentanoids. This is afforded by cyclisation of the 8-oxo-1-enamine of citronellal as originally developed by Schreiber and co-workers (1986). Investigation into the biosynthesis of the cyclopentanoids by plants for exploiting aphid sex pheromones in crop protection by means of molecular biology required synthesis of putative biosynthetic intermediates, some with radioactive isotopic labelling, particularly 8-oxidised monoterpene alcohols and aldehydes. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
Synthesis of the Guaianolide Ring System via Cycloaddition of a Bicyclic Carbonyl Ylide with Allyl Propiolate
作者:Vaidotas Navickas、Dmitry B. Ushakov、Martin E. Maier、Markus Ströbele、H.-Jürgen Meyer
DOI:10.1021/ol1012185
日期:2010.8.6
trans-annulated cyclopentane ring was generated by a Rh2(OAc)4-catalyzed reaction from a diazoketone precursor and trapped with allyl propiolate. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition led to the stereoselective formation of an oxygen-bridged polycycle. Via Curtius degradation, the cycloadduct was transformed to the ring skeleton typical of the sesquiterpene family of guaianolides.