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Studies Related to Penicillins. Part 19. Alkylations of (3R)-3-hept-2-en-6-yl>-4,4-dimethylthietan-2-one
Carter, Stephen D.,Kaura, Arun C.,Stoodley, Richard J.
, p. 388 - 394 (2007/10/02)
The title compound (7a) unergoes epimerisation at position 3 of the thietanone ring in the presence of triethylamine; the equilibrium ratio of the starting material and its epimer (9a) is ca. 1.5 : 1.Methylation of the compounds (7a) or (9a) also occurs at position 3 of the thietanone ring, in the presence of sodium hydride-methyl iodide; a ca. 1 : 1 mixture of the (3R)-3-methylthietanone (7b) and the (3S)-3-methylthietanone (9b) is produced when tetrahydrofuran is used as the solvent whereas a ca. 2.5 : 1 mixture of the compounds (7b) and (9b) is formed when NN-dimethylformamide is employed.With potassium t-butoxide-t-butyl bromoacetate in NN-dimethylformamide, the thietanone (7a) affords a ca. 6 : 1 mixture of the (3R)-3-t-butyloxycarbonylmethylthietanone (7c) and its (3S)-isomer (9c).Only the (3R)-3-allylthietanone (7d) is formed when the thietanone (7a) is treated with potassium t-butoxide-allyl iodide in NN-dimethylformamide.Attempts to hydroxymethylate the thietanone (7a), by using potassium t-butoxide-formaldehyde, were thwarted by further reactions of the hydroxymethyl derivative (7e) or (9d), resulting in the formation of a mixture of 7-(α-mercapto-α-methylethyl)-3-phenylacetamido-1-aza-5,9-dioxabicyclodec-2-ene-4,8-dione (16a) and 11,11-dimethyl-5-phenylacetamido-3,9-dioxa-12-thia-7-azatricyclo1,7>dodecane-4,10-dione (20).