330
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ether/ethyl acetate 8:2) leading to compound 232 (0.285 g,
88% yield) as a yellow oil. [a]2D0ϩ16.2 (c 2.6, chloro-
form).
151 (25), 121 (7), 107 (13), 95 (20), 91 (13), 81 (32), 71
(21), 67 (20), 55 (37), 43 (100), 41 (62). Anal. Calcd for
C18H30O3: C, 73.43; H, 10.27. Found: C, 73.61; H, 10.24.
1H NMR data (500 MHz, CDCl3): d 0.84 (t, J6.9 Hz, 3H),
1.12–1.40 (m, 6H), 1.41–1.56 (m, 2H), 2.18 (br s, 1H), 2.85
(d, J2.2 Hz, 1H), 4.09 (broad q, J6.3 Hz, 1H), 5.63 (ddd,
J16.0, 2.2, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 6.19 (dd, J16.0, 5.9 Hz, 1H)
ppm. 13C NMR data (125.7 MHz, CDCl3): d 13.94, 22.48,
24.83, 31.59, 36.72, 71.95, 77.74, 81.66, 108.45,
147.67 ppm. IR (neat) n 3400–3100, 2105, 958 cmϪ1. MS
m/z 109 (3), 99 (9), 96 (12), 95 (25), 81 (100), 71 (13), 55
(19), 53 (79), 51 (18), 43 (77), 41 (33).
13(S)-Hydroxy-9(Z),11(E)-octadecadienoic acid (1)-(S)-
coriolic acid. Nitrogen was passed through a stirred suspen-
sion of 2 g of Zn dust (Ͻ325 mesh)30 in 12 mL of H2O for
15 min, and 0.2 g of Cu(OAc)2·H2O were added. Stirring
was continued for 15 min, then 0.2 g of AgNO3 were
added and the suspension was stirred for a further 30 min.
The metal was collected by vacuum filtration and washed
with H2O ꢀ2×15 mL; MeOH ꢀ2×15 mL; acetone
ꢀ2×15 mL; and finally Et2O ꢀ2×15 mL: The Et2O–moist
Zn was transferred into 8 mL of H2O/MeOH 1:1 (v/v) and
was ready for use. A solution of 8 (0.183 g 0.62 mmol) in
MeOH (4 mL) was added to the suspension of activated Zn
and the mixture was stirred at 50ЊC for 24 h, then cooled at
room temperature. A saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl
(50 mL) and ethyl acetate (50 mL) were added, and after
vigorous stirring, the metal was removed by filtration and
washed with ethyl acetate (30 mL). The mixture was acidi-
fied to pH 2 by adding dilute HCl (20 mL), the organic layer
was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted twice
with ethyl acetate (50 mL). The combined organic extracts
were washed with water (100 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and
concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by
flash chromatography (silica gel, petroleum ether/ethyl
acetate 7:3) leading to compound 1 (0.136 g, 74% yield)
as a pale yellow oil. [a]Dϩ8.7 (c 1.22, chloroform), lit.9
[a]Dϩ9.3 (c 1.29, chloroform).
To evaluate the enantiomeric excess of (S)-2, the Mosher’s
esters of (S)-2 and racemic 2 were prepared according to the
following procedure. To a sample of enynol 2 (0.025 g,
0.164 mmol) were added 0.083 g (0.329 mmol) of
(R)-b,b,b-trifluoro-a-methoxy-a-phenylpropionyl chloride,
pyridine (five drops) and CCl4 (five drops). The mixture
was stirred at room temperature for 2 h, then quenched
with dilute HCl (10 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate
ꢀ3×10 mL: The organic extracts were washed with water
ꢀ2×10 mL; dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under
vacuum. The crude product was subjected to 1H NMR
analysis and then purified by flash chromatography (yields
in the range 75–81%). The derivative of racemic 2
displayed two sets of signals due to vinylic protons (ddd,
d 5.62 and 5.73, dd d 6.05 and 6.14), the chiral-2 derivative
showed the vinylic signals of the (S)-ester at d 5.73 and 6.14
(97%) and that of the (R)-ester at d 5.62 and 6.05 (3%),
indicating an enantiomeric excess of 94%.
1H NMR data (500 MHz, CDCl3ϩD2O): d 0.84 (t, J6.9 Hz,
3H), 1.15–1.63 (m, 18H), 2.12 (broad q, J7.7 Hz, 2H),
2.27 (t, J7.4 Hz, 2H), 4.11 (q, J6.9 Hz, 1H), 5.38 (dt,
J10.7, 7.7 Hz, 1H), 5.59 (dd, J15.2, 6.9 Hz, 1H), 5.92
(apparent t, J11 Hz, 1H), 6.42 (dd, J15.2, 11.0 Hz, 1H)
ppm. 13C NMR data (125.7 MHz, CDCl3): d 13.93, 22.49,
24.54, 24.97, 27.51, 28.77, 28.82, 28.85, 29.31, 31.66,
33.91, 37.05, 72.81, 125.73, 127.81, 132.56, 135.53,
13(S)-Hydroxy-11(E)-octadecen-9-ynoic acid (8). A solu-
tion of n-BuLi 1.4N in hexane (4.7 mL, 6.58 mmol) was
added, under nitrogen, at Ϫ80ЊC, to a solution of 2
(0.50 g, 3.29 mmol) in THF (12 mL) and HMPA
(1.72 mL, 9.87 mmol). The temperature was slowly raised
to Ϫ30ЊC and maintained for 45 min at this temperature.29
Then a solution of the dilithium salt of 2 was added, under
nitrogen, at Ϫ90ЊC, to a suspension of Br(CH2)7COOLi,
generated by addition of n-BuLi (2.4 mL, 3.29 mmol) to a
cold (Ϫ90ЊC) solution of 8-bromooctanoic acid (0.734 g,
3.29 mmol) in THF (12 mL). After complete addition, the
temperature was slowly raised to room temperature. The
reaction mixture was stirred for 15 h, quenched with dilute
HCl (30 mL), and extracted with ethyl acetate ꢀ3×50 mL:
The organic extracts were washed with water (100 mL),
dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuum. The
residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel,
petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 7:3) leading to compound 8
(0.523 g, 54% yield) as a pale yellow oil. [a]2D0ϩ7.8 (c
2.7, chloroform).
179.01 ppm. IR (neat) n 3600–2400, 1713 cmϪ1
.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported in part by the Ministero
`
dell’Universita e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica,
Rome, and the University of Bari (National Project ‘Stereo-
selezione in Sintesi Organica. Metodologie ed Appli-
cazioni’). We thank Miss Lucia Partipilo for preliminary
experiments.
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