81203-57-8Relevant articles and documents
A short synthesis of (+) and (-)-falcarinol
McLaughlin, Noel P.,Butler, Eibhlín,Evans, Paul,Brunton, Nigel P.,Koidis, Anastasios,Rai, Dilip K.
experimental part, p. 9681 - 9687 (2011/02/25)
A short, practical synthesis of the bis-acetylenic natural product falcarinol 1 is reported. This method relies on the alternate functionalisation of bis-trimethylsilylbutadiyne 10. This may be achieved in one-pot, however, better yields were obtained more conventionally. Lipase mediated enzymatic kinetic resolution of the racemic adduct in an organic solvent afforded (+)-1 in 97% enantiomeric excess. The analogous process performed with racemic 3-acetoxy falcarinol 11 under aqueous conditions gave (-)-1. Oxidation of 1 with Dess-Martin periodinane gave falcarinone 2.
Chemoenzymatic asymmetric total syntheses of antitumor agents (3R,9R,10R)- and (3S,9R,10R)-panaxytriol and (R)- and (S)-falcarinol from Panax ginseng using an enantioconvergent enzyme-triggered cascade reaction
Mayer, Sandra F.,Steinreiber, Andreas,Orru, Romano V. A.,Faber, Kurt
, p. 9115 - 9121 (2007/10/03)
Total asymmetric synthesis of two components of Panax ginseng showing antitumor activity, i.e., (3R,9R,10R)- and (3S,9R,10R)-Panaxytriol and of both enantiomers of Falcarinol was accomplished. Due to the fact that the synthetic strategy was based on enantioconvergent biotransformations, the occurrence of any undesired stereoisomer was entirely avoided. The absolute configuration of naturally occurring Panaxytriol was confirmed to be (3R,9R,10R) on the basis of optical rotation values. It was shown that enzyme-triggered cascade reactions represent a valuable tool for the synthesis of natural products.
Absolute configuration of falcarinol, a potent antitumor agent commonly occurring in plants
Zheng, Guangrong,Lu, Wei,Aisa, Haji A.,Cai, Junchao
, p. 2181 - 2182 (2007/10/03)
The absolute configuration of falcarinol (1) was established by stereoselective total synthesis of the two enantiomers.