Substrate Encapsulation: An Efficient Strategy for the RCM Synthesis of Unsaturated ϵ-Lactones
作者:Emily B. Pentzer、Tendai Gadzikwa、SonBinh T. Nguyen
DOI:10.1021/ol8022227
日期:2008.12.18
A facile substrate-encapsulated RCM-based synthesis of 7-membered lactones is reported. Coordination of the alpha,omega-dienyl ester precursor to the bulky Lewis acid (LA) aluminum tris(2,6-diphenylphenoxide) (ATPH) provides a protective extended steric pocket to the olefin moieties, thereby favoring intramolecular RCM over intermolecular ADMET oligomerization. The LA-encapsulated esters undergo ring-closure in the presence of Ru-based olefin metathesis catalysts to give previously difficult-to-access 7-membered beta,gamma- and gamma,delta-unsaturated lactones in good yields.