Helvetica Chimica Acta p. 773 - 790 (1992)
Update date:2022-09-26
Topics: Synthesis Compound Experimental Experiment Configuration Chemical bond (6R,all-E)-Neoxanthin Allenic Carotenoids Isomeric structure Neoxanthin
Baumeler, Andreas
Eugster, Conrad Hans
We present the first synthesis of enantiomerically pure neoxanthin (1) by a Wittig-Horner condensation between the ylide from the novel diethyl 12'-apo-15,15'-didehydroviolaxanthin-12'-phosphonate (35) and the allenic C15-aldehyde 31 (Scheme 4) via the crystalline 15,15'-didehydroneoxanthin (36; 70percent yield).After partial hydrogenation of the triple bond of 36 and isomerisation of the (15Z)-intermediate 37, neoxanthin (1) was obtained in good yield.Similar syntheses gave (15Z,9'Z)-neoxanthin (45; Scheme 5) and (9Z)-15,15'-didehydroneoxanthin (47; Scheme 6).Comparison of the physical data of synthetic 1 with those of a freshly isolated sample of neoxanthin from the flowers of Trollius europaeus confirmed their identity.The unusually low melting point of 1 is caused by a very easy thermal isomerisation into a mixture of the neochromes 4 and 5 (Scheme 1).Such a thermal rearrangement is not observed with 15,15'-didehydroneoxanthin (36).To explain this, we assume a zwitterionic excited state of the allenic group that induces the rearrangement of the violaxanthin end group into the furanoid epoxide (Scheme 7).
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