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(7) Representative Procedure for Butenolide-Lactone
Synthesis (8d)
(12) A mixture of 12 (50 mg, 0.21 mmol), ethyl methacrylate
(105 μL, 0.84 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (2.4 mg, 0.011 mmol),
Cu(OAc)2·H2O (84 mg, 0.42 mmol), and LiOAc (55 mg,
0.84 mmol) was stirred in DMF (1 mL) at 117 °C under air.
After cooling, the reaction mixture was extracted with
EtOAc and dried (Na2SO4). Compound 13 was purified by
preparative reversed-phase HPLC using a gradient-elution
method with increasing amounts of MeCN in H2O.
2-{(2′S,3′S)-3′-[1,3]Dioxolan-2-yl-3-methyl-5′-oxo-
2′,3′,4′,5′-tetrahydro[2,2′]bifuranyl-5-ylmethyl}acrylic
Acid Ethyl Ester (13)
Under a nitrogen atmosphere, BF3·OEt2 (0.28 mL, 2.21
mmol) was added via syringe to a solution of
cyclopropylcarboxaldehyde (+)-4 (500 mg, 2.01 mmol) in
anhyd CH2Cl2 (20 mL) at –78 °C. After stirring for 30 min,
a solution of 6d in CH2Cl2 (2.11 mmol) was added slowly,
resulting in an orange-colored solution. After stirring for 16
h at –78 °C, sat. aq NaHCO3 (45 mL) was added, and the
mixture was allowed to warm to r.t. The layers were
separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted three times
with EtOAc (45 mL each). The combined organic layers
were washed with brine (45 mL), H2O (45 mL), dried
(Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give the
carbinol cyclopropane 9d which was used for the next step
without further purification. A round-bottomed flask,
equipped with Dean–Stark trap was charged with crude
cyclopropyl carbinol 9d (approx. 1 equiv) followed by
ethylene glycol (224 μL, 4.02 mmol, 2 equiv) and Sn catalyst
10 (5 mol%). The mixture was gently refluxed for 12 h, after
which the crude mixture was evaporated and purified by
chromatography on silica gel (EtOAc–hexanes = 3:1) to
furnish compound 8d.
Yield 38 mg (52%). [α]D25 +54.4 (c 0.4, CH2Cl2). 1H NMR
(300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 6.24 (t, J = 3.3 Hz, 1 H), 5.91 (s, 1
H), 5.52 (t, J = 4.2 Hz, 1 H), 5.41 (m, 1 H), 4.92 (t, J = 3.9
Hz, 1 H), 4.22 (m, 2 H), 4.05–3.87 (m, 4 H), 3.57 (d, 2 H),
3.13 (m, 1 H), 2.87 (m, 1 H), 2.63 (m, 1 H), 2.03 (t, 3 H), 1.30
(t, 3 H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 174.9, 165.8, 152.1,
143.0, 135.9, 125.5, 119.8, 109.5, 101.6, 72.2, 64.3, 59.4,
41.2, 29.6, 28.3, 13.0, 8.9. HRMS (EI): m/z calcd for
C18H22O7 [M]+: 350.1366; found: 350.1364. IR (neat): 2962,
2904, 1779, 1714, 1634, 1406, 1260, 1196, 1024, 947, 795
cm–1.
(13) A solution of 13 (15 mg, 0.042 mmol) in a mixture of MeOH
(50 μL) and Et2O (35 μL) was stirred and cooled to –40 °C.
Bromine (7.1 μL, 0.044 mmol) in dry MeOH (0.1 mL) was
added dropwise over 5 min. After addition, stirring was
continued for an additional 10 min. The mixture was
saturated with NH3 gas to pH 8, allowed to warm to r.t.,
diluted with Et2O and concentrated. The residue was purified
by flash chromatography (silica gel, 1:1 EtOAc–hexanes) to
afford a 1:1 mixture of 15 and 3-epi-15.
(2S,3S,2′S)-3-[1,3]Dioxolan-2-yl-3′-methyl-3,4-dihydro-
2H,2′H-[2,2′]bifuranyl-5,5′-dione (8d)
Yield 331 mg (65%), [α]D25 +3.6 (c 0.3, MeOH), colorless
crystals, mp 97–98 °C. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ =
5.87 (m, 1 H), 4.94 (d, J = 4.1 Hz, 2 H), 4.69 (dt, J = 11.7,
5.8 Hz, 1 H), 4.10–3.86 (m, 4 H), 3.03 (td, J = 9.9, 4.4 Hz, 1
H), 2.79 (m, 1 H), 2.49 (dd, J = 18.0, 5.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.16 (dd,
J = 12.3, 1.0 Hz, 3 H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ =
175.1, 172.2, 164.3, 118.3, 103.3, 84.5, 75.7, 65.8, 40.1,
29.4, 14.0. HRMS (EI): m/z calcd for C12H13O6 253.0712 [M
– H]+; found: 253.0710. IR (neat): 2932, 2902, 2864, 1779,
1730, 1646, 1402, 1266, 1188, 1147, 1089, 1019, 975, 899
cm–1.
2-[(2S,2′S,3′S)-3′-[1,3]Dioxolan-2-yl-2-methoxy-3-
methyl-5′-oxo-2′,3′,4′,5′-tetrahydro-2H-[2,2′]bifuranyl-
(5Z)-ylidenemethyl]acrylic Acid Ethyl Ester (15)
Yield 8.8 mg, 55%. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 6.34 (s,
1 H), 6.18 (q, J = 1.4 Hz, 1 H), 5.41 (d, J = 5.1 Hz, 1 H), 4.85
(d, J = 3.5 Hz, 1 H), 4.50 (d, J = 2.1 Hz, 1 H), 4.28–4.18 (m,
2 H), 4.00–3.85 (m, 4 H), 3.47 (s, 2 H), 3.14 (s, 2 H), 2.84
(m, 1 H), 2.68 (m, 1 H), 2.42 (m, 1 H), 1.95 (s, 3 H), 1.31 (t,
J = 3.2 Hz, 3 H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 176.7,
166.9, 157.6, 141.2, 133.7, 127.1, 124.1, 115.0, 103.9, 94.0,
81.1, 65.8, 61.3, 50.9, 50.4, 38.4, 28.9, 14.1, 12.4. HRMS
(EI): m/z calcd for C19H24O8 [M]+: 380.1471; found:
380.1478. IR (neat): 2904, 1782, 1710, 1636, 1447, 1366,
1244, 1130, 1021, 957, 942, 852 cm–1.
(8) Details on this X-ray crystal structure can be obtained from
the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center quoting CCDC
901653; see also the Supporting Information.
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