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with brine, and then dried with Na2SO4. The solvent was dis-
tilled off and the residue was flash chromatographed using
petroleum ether and ethyl acetate (2:1, v/v) as eluent. Com-
pound (S)-8 was obtained as a colorless oil (52 mg, 92%).
[a]2D5 +8 (c 1.0, CHCl3). MS (EI): 418 (M+), 225, 210, 209,
208, 194, 181, 177, 151, 135. 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): d
ppm 1.24 (d, 3H, J = 5.6 Hz), 2.75 (dd, 1H, J = 13.6, 6 Hz),
3.15 (dd, 1H, J = 13.6, 6 Hz), 3.83-3.85 (m, 15H), 4.16 (dd,
2H, J = 14.4, 7.2 Hz), 4.42 (m, 1H), 6.34 (m, 1H), 6.48 (s,
2H), 6.60 (d, 1H, J = 16.0 Hz), 6.63 (s, 2H). 13C NMR (75
MHz, CDCl3) d 19.78, 29.68, 36.31, 43.66, 56.07, 60.84,
63.64, 79.84, 103.68, 106.54, 109.77, 127.89, 131.20,
132.16, 134.74, 152.88, 153.82. IR (KBr/cm-1) 3470, 1724,
1584, 1503, 1460, 1375, 1331, 1122, 1051, 1010, 969, 925.
(R)-3-{3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxy-
phenyl)ethoxyl]phenyl}-(trans)-prop-2-en-1-al, (R)-2
By a procedure similar to the preparation of (S)-2, the
reaction of (R)-8 (40 mg, 0.096 mmol) with oxlyl chloride (13
mg, 0.11 mmol), DMSO (19 mg, 0.23 mmol), TEA (29 mg,
0.29 mmol) in CH2Cl2 gave (R)-2 (36 mg, 91%) as a bright
yellow oil. [a]2D5 -5 (c 1.0, CHCl3). Other spectral data were
the same as those of (S)-2.
(S)-3-{3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphen-
yl)ethoxyl]phenyl}-(cis)-acrylic acid ethyl ester, (S)-9
To a solution of ethyl (di-o-tolylphosphono)acetate (51
mg, 0.15 mmol) in dry THF (1 mL) was added NaH (4 mg,
0.16 mmol) at 0 °C and stirred for 15 min at this temperature.
Then it was cooled to -78 °C and compound (S)-1 (48 mg,
0.12 mmol) was added in dry THF at this temperature. And
the resulting mixture was stirred for 2 h at this temperature.
The reaction was quenched with saturated NH4Cl, and the
mixture was extracted with AcOEt; the combined extracts
were washed with water, followed by brine, and then dried
(MgSO4). The solvent was distilled off and the residue was
flash chromatographed using petroleum ether and acetone
(15:1, v/v) as eluent. (S)-9 was obtained as a colorless oil (48
mg, 85%). [a]2D5 +2 (c 1.0, CHCl3). MS (EI): 460 (M+), 252,
224, 210, 209, 208, 194, 181, 177, 151, 135. 1H NMR (300
MHz, CDCl3): d ppm 1.27 (m, 6H), 2.71 (dd, 1H, J = 13.5, 7
Hz), 3.08 (dd, 1H, J = 13.5, 7 Hz), 3.81-3.83 (s, 15H), 4.18 (q,
2H, J = 4.2 Hz), 4.46 (m, 1H), 5.90 (d, 1H, J = 12.8 Hz), 6.46
(s, 2H), 6.81 (d, 1H, J = 12.9 Hz), 7.07 (s, 2H). 13C NMR (75
MHz, CDCl3) d 14.16, 19.79, 43.65, 56.04, 60.29, 60.79,
79.92, 106.46, 107.98, 118.59, 129.86, 134.60, 136.28,
137.29, 143.04, 152.84, 153.10, 166.34. IR (KBr/cm-1) 1713,
1583, 1502, 1459, 1372, 1331, 1127, 1049, 1010, 976, 926.
(R)-3-{3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxy-
phenyl)ethoxyl]phenyl}-(trans)-prop-2-en-1-ol, (R)-8
By a procedure similar to the preparation of (S)-8, the
reaction of (R)-7 (60 mg, 0.13 mmol) with LiAlH4 (15 mg,
0.39 mmol), AlCl3 (17 mg, 0.13 mmol) in dry diethyl ether
gave (R)-8 (49 mg, 89%) as a colorless oil. [a]2D5 -9 (c 1.0,
CHCl3). Other spectral data were the same as those of (S)-8.
(S)-3-{3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxy-
phenyl)ethoxyl]phenyl}-(trans)-prop-2-en-1-al, (S)-2
To a stirred solution of oxlyl chloride (12 mg, 0.097
mmol) in 1 mL of CH2Cl2 at -78 °C was added DMSO (17 mg,
0.21 mmol) dropwise; 30 min later (S)-8 (37 mg, 0.089
mmol) in 1 mL of CH2Cl2 was added via cannula. After the
solution was stirred for 40 min, TEA (triethylamine) (27 mg,
0.27 mmol) was added and the mixture was allowed to warm
to room temperature and stirred for 2 h. Water was added and
the phases were separated; the organic layer was washed with
brine, then dried with Na2SO4. The solvent was distilled off
and the residue was flash chromatographed using petroleum
ether and ethyl acetate (4:1, v/v) as eluent. (S)-2 was obtained
as a bright yellow oil (34 mg, 92%). [a]2D5 +4 (c 1.7, CHCl3).
(R)-3-{3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphen-
yl)ethoxyl]phenyl}-(cis)-acrylic acid ethyl ester, (R)-9
By a procedure similar to the preparation of (S)-9, the
reaction of (S)-1 (59 mg, 0.15 mmol) with ethyl (di-o-tolyl-
phosphono)acetate (63 mg, 0.18 mmol), NaH (5 mg, 0.2
mmol) in THF, gave (R)-9 (59 mg, 85%) as a colorless oil.
[a]2D5 -3 (c 1.2, CHCl3). Other spectral data were the same as
those of (S)-9.
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MS (EI): 416 (M+), 224, 209, 208, 181, 179, 167, 149. H
NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d ppm 1.16 (d, 3H, J = 5.7 Hz),
2.69 (dd, 1H, J = 13.5, 7.5 Hz), 3.01 (dd, 1H, J = 13.5, 6 Hz),
3.68-3.75 (m, 15H), 4.45 (dq, 1H, J = 7.5, 6 Hz), 6.50 (s, 2H),
6.55 (dd, 1H, J = 15.6, 7.5 Hz), 6.69 (s, 2H), 7.32 (d, 1H, J =
15.9 Hz), 9.59 (d, 1H, J = 7.8 Hz). 13C NMR (75 MHz,
CDCl3) d 20.09, 43.92, 56.26, 56.36, 61.07, 80.32, 105.95,
106.70, 128.02, 129.45, 134.61, 139.36, 153.04, 153.11,
154.24, 193.67. IR (KBr/cm-1) 1674, 1583, 1501, 1460, 1374,
1332, 1127, 1050, 1009, 974, 924. HRFABMS m/z 417.1912
(calcd for C23H29O7, 417.1908).
(S)-3-{3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphen-
yl)ethoxyl]phenyl}-(cis)-prop-2-en-1-ol, (S)-3
To a suspension of LiAlH4 (9 mg, 0.25 mmol) in dry di-
ethyl ether, AlCl3 (11 mg, 0.083 mmol) was added portion-
wise at room temperature. After the suspension was stirred