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Scheme 6. Further amplification of this theme with the intent to
probe stereochemical preferences during the installation of the
quaternary center led us to ketone 49 via 48, obtainable in turn
from the MBH adduct 36.13 Propargylation of 49 led to a separable
mixture of diastereomers 50 (7:3) and further selective alkyne
reduction of the major diastereomer led to 51. An MnO2-mediated
oxidative cascade cyclization of 51 furnished 52 (stereostructure
delineated through NOESY)14 in which the ethyl and the homopre-
nyl arms on the furofuranone are trans-disposed, Scheme 7.
In conclusion, a general approach to structurally embellished
O
OH
OH OH
OH
O
b
a
36
37
38
c
OH
HO
HO
O
HO
OH
OH
d
e
HO
OH
furo[3,2-b]furanones,
a motif widely present among natural
products, from readily available Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts,
involving cascade cyclizations has been outlined. Application of
the methodology delineated here towards the synthesis of micran-
dilactone A 6 as well as the development of its asymmetric variant
is being actively pursued and will be reported shortly.
40
39
O
O
OH
H
O
O
HO
O
HO
O
Acknowledgments
B.A.B. thanks UGC for support through a Dr. D. S. Kothari post-
doctoral fellowship. X-ray data were collected at the CCD facility at
IISc, supported by DST, India, and we thank Mr. Saikat Sen for his
help in crystal structure determination. This research was also sup-
ported by the CBU of JNCASR, Bangalore. G.M. thanks CSIR for the
award of Bhatnagar Fellowship and research support.
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Scheme 5. Reagents and conditions: (a) CH3I, Mg, Et2O, rt, 1 h, 75%; (b) Dess–
Martin periodinane, CH2Cl2, rt, 2 h, 93%; (c) propargyl alcohol, n-BuLi, THF, 0 °C, 6 h,
62 %; (d) Lindlar catalyst, H2, EtOAc, rt, 30 min, 92%; (e) MnO2, CH2Cl2, rt, 6 h, 96%.
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Martin periodinane, CH2Cl2, rt, 2 h, 90%; (c) propargyl alcohol, n-BuLi, THF, 0 °C, 6 h,
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14. All new compounds were fully characterized on the basis of IR, 1H NMR, 13C
NMR and HRMS spectral data. Spectral data of selected compounds: compound
c
OH
O
17 IR (neat) 2924, 2853, 1778, 1233, 1097, 1055, 937 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz,
;
HO
HO
H
CDCl3) d 5.42 (m, 1H), 5.27 (m, 1H), 4.66–4.60 (m, 1H), 4.44–4.34 (m, 2H), 2.84
(dd, J = 18.3, 5.1 Hz, 1H), 2.74 (d, J = 18.3 Hz, 1H), 1.54 (s, 3H); 13C NMR
(75 MHz, CDCl3) d 174.4, 147.4, 109.9, 89.8, 83.1, 71.2, 36.4, 20.2; HRMS (ES) m/
z calcd for C8H10O3Na (M+Na+): 177.0528; found: 177.0524; compound 18: IR
O
O
OH
OH
OH
e
d
(neat) 2926, 2855, 1777, 1061 cmÀ1 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) d 4.58 (d,
;
J = 4.2 Hz, 1H), 4.39 (d, J = 18.0 Hz, 1H), 4.06 (d, J = 18.0 Hz, 1H), 2.91–2.89 (m,
2H), 1.47 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) d 206.3, 173.5, 83.3, 81.2, 70.2,
36.1, 14.1; HRMS (ES) m/z calcd for C7H8O4Na (M+Na+): 179.1258; found:
52
51
50
179.1261; compound 23: IR (neat) 2956, 2925, 2855, 1784, 1463 cmÀ1 1H NMR
;
(400 MHz, CDCl3) d 7.38–7.26 (m, 5H), 5.49 (s, 1H), 5.36 (s, 1H), 4.96 (s, 1H),
4.42 (d, J = 4.4 Hz, 1H), 2.94–2.82 (m, 2H), 1.62 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
CDCl3) d 174.9, 152.2, 139.7, 129.1 (3C), 128.3 (2C), 113.6, 91.0, 84.9, 82.4, 36.7,
21.7; HRMS (ES) m/z calcd for C14H14O3Na (M+Na+): 253.0841; found:
Scheme 7. Reagents and conditions: (a) homoprenyl bromide, Mg, THF, 0 °C, 1 h,
80%; (b) Dess–Martin periodinane, CH2Cl2, rt, 2 h, 93%; (c) propargyl alcohol, n-BuLi,
THF, 0 °C, 6 h, 60%; (d) Lindlar catalyst, H2, EtOAc, rt, 30 min, 90%; (e) MnO2, CH2Cl2,
rt, 6 h, 96%.
253.0854; compound 24: IR (neat) 2956, 2925, 2855, 1784, 1463 cmÀ1 1H
;