Dihydroxylation of 4-Substituted 1,2-Dioxines: A Concise Route to Branched Erythro Sugars
摘要:
The synthesis of 2-C-branched erythritol derivatives, including the plant sugar (+/-)-2-C-methylerythritol 2, was achieved through a dihydroxylation/reduction sequence on a series of 4-substituted 1,2-dioxines 3. The asymmetric dihydroxylation of 1,2-dioxines was examined, providing access to optically enriched dihydroxy 1,2-dioxanes 4. The synthesized 1,2-dioxanes were converted to other erythro sugar analogues and tetrahydrofurans through controlled cleavage of the endoperoxide linkage.
Sensitized photo-oxygenation of a wide variety of acyclic 1,3-dienes was investigated. The 1,4-cycloaddition of singlet oxygen to acyclic conjugated dienes was closely related to the thermal Diels-Alder reaction in stereospecificity, and steric and electronic effects of substituents. Reactivity order of singlet oxygen toward conjugated dienes and isolated C—C double bonds was exhibited as follows: