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(7) A recent review on this subject: Arya, P.; Qin, H.
Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 917.
1360 cm–1. HRMS (EI): m/z calcd for C22H39O7Si2 [M+ –
t-Bu]: 471.2234; found: 471.2233.
(8) All new compounds were fully characterized by spectral
means (1H NMR and 13C NMR, IR, and HRMS). Yields
refer to isolated products after purification by column
chromatography on silica gel.
(15) (1S,5S)-5-Hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ol
(14): TLC: Rf = 0.44 (EtOAc); [a]D23 +65.6 (c 0.14, CHCl3).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d = 1.09 (s, 3 H), 1.98 (d, 1 H,
J = 17.1 Hz), 2.48 (dd, 1 H, J = 17.1, 2.1 Hz), 3.63, 3.70 (2
d, each 1 H, J = 11.1 Hz), 4.44 (br s, 1 H), 5.74–5.76 (m, 1
H), 5.95–5.97 (m, 1 H). 13C NMR (68 MHz, CDCl3): d =
24.0, 41.9, 45.2, 68.3, 85.4, 131.6, 134.9. IR (neat): 3250,
3060, 2930, 1730, 1460 cm–1. HRMS (EI): m/z calcd for
C7H12O2 [M+]: 128.0837; found: 128.0841
(16) (a)(1S,5R)-5-Hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ol,
the 5-epimer of 14, is a known compound that was
synthesized by Kato and co-workers using a chiral acetal-
mediated asymmetric alkylation, see ref. 16b. The 1H NMR
and 13C NMR spectra of the 5-epimer were distinctly
different from those of 14. Furthermore, the NOE
experiment of the 5-epimer revealed a 2.9% signal
enhancement for the methylene of the hydroxymethyl group
at C-5 when the proton at C-1 (H-1) was irradiated. On the
other hand, the irradiation of H-1 in 14 resulted in a 1.3%
signal enhancement of the methyl protons at C-5. (b) Kato,
K.; Suzuki, H.; Tanaka, H.; Miyasaka, T.; Baba, M.;
Yamaguchi, K.; Akita, H. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1999, 47,
1256.
(9) We examined the following bases for the second
benzylation, which was carried out in THF. The yield of 7
using NaHMDS (–78 °C to r.t.), 18%; using LiHMDS
(–18 °C to r.t.), 35%; and using NaH (–78 °C to r.t.), 74%.
(10) The yield of the first benzylation (BnBr, EtONa, THF, 0 °C
to r.t.) was 97%. The conditions and yields of the second
methylation for the two diastereomers, i.e., 7 and its epimer
at the a-carbon, were as follows: a) MeI and KHMDS in
THF at –18 °C to r.t., 46% and 10%; b) EtONa as the base at
–78 °C to r.t., 64% and 16%; c) MeONa as the base at –78 °C
to r.t., 63% and 14%. In all cases, the major product was 7.
(11) (a) (4R)-4-Benzyl-3,4-dimethyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (8):
[a]D22 –186 (c 1.24, CHCl3). For the reported [a]D for 8
[a]D15 –186 (c 1.24, CHCl3) see ref. 11b. In this paper, the
Vallribera group reported the asymmetric construction of a
quaternary carbon using D-ribolactone acetonide or its
cyclohexanone ketal as a sugar-based chiral template. Their
sugar templates also served as good stereocontrolling
elements, which provided the doubly a-alkylated (both Me
and Bn) acetoacetates installed at C-5 in the sugar templates
in 56–69% yield with 80:20 to 75:25 diastereomeric ratios in
favor of the respective R-isomer. Thus, the diastereo-
selectivities observed in their cases were lower than those in
ours with the use of the pyranose-type template 1.
(b) Moreno-Mañas, M.; Trepat, E.; Sebastián, R. M.;
Vallribera, A. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1999, 10, 4211.
(12) We also synthesized the S-antipode of 8 from the minor a-
dialkylated acetoacetate obtained by the reverse double
alkylation of 5 with the same alkyl halides followed by the
analogous pyrazoline formation used for the case of 7. The
synthesized S-isomer possessed the following optical
rotation: [a]D21 +180 (c 0.30, CHCl3).
(13) (a) We synthesized the antipode of 10, i.e., (S)-10, as
follows. As a substrate for the pyrazoline formation,
enantioenriched ethyl (S)-2-acetyl-2-methyl-4-pentenoate
was prepared at first by the a-allylation of racemic ethyl 2-
methyl-acetoacetate using L-valine tert-butyl ester as a
chirality inducer, according to a known procedure reported
by Koga and co-workers, see ref. 13b. The thus obtained a-
disubstituted acetoacetate ester was then treated with
N2H4·H2O, providing enantioenriched (S)-10. The
(17) We explored the removal of the sugar template from 12
directly by methanolysis (MeONa in MeOH). In this case,
compound 12 was quantitatively recovered. The removal of
the sugar template from the protected forms of the allylic
alcohol 13 as its TBS or MOM ethers was also fruitless. For
these ethers, saponification or hydride attack resulted in the
recovery of the starting material.
(18) Gemal, A. L.; Luche, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103,
5454.
(19) The configuration of newly introduced allylic carbinol
carbon in 19 as depicted was confirmed by the NOE
experiment in which a significant (7.3%) signal
enhancement of the proton at the allylic carbinol carbon was
observed when the adjacent methyl group was irradiated.
(20) The DIBAL-H reduction of 18 (1.5 equiv, CH2Cl2, –78 °C)
also provided 19 as a single product in a less effective yield
of 63%.
(21) The observed dextrorotatory property for 20 {[a]D21 +138,7
(c 0.355, CHCl3)} confirmed the absolute stereochemistry of
20. For the reported enantioenriched 20 (94% ee), [a]D
+104.1 (c 0.95, CHCl3) was reported, see: Mikami, K.;
Motoyama, Y.; Terada, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116,
2812.
(22) In this case, the sugar template 1 was recovered in 19%
yield. Under the harsh DIBAL-H reduction of 19, the silyl
group at C-2 in 1 was unexpectedly deprotected to a large
extent. Thus, the 3-O-TBS derivative was obtained in a
significant yield of 75%.
(23) We also examined the 1,4-addition using n-Bu2CuLi under
analogous conditions as those used for the Me2CuLi
addition. The 1,4-addition proceeded with complete
stereoselectivity to provide a single 1,4-adduct in 75% yield.
Unfortunately, we could not establish the configuration at
the b-carbon of this adduct unambiguously from 1H NMR
spectral analysis.
(24) (a) Sato, K.; Suzuki, S.; Kojima, Y. J. Org. Chem. 1967, 32,
339. (b) Lee, K.-H.; Mar, E.-C.; Okamoto, M.; Hall, I. H. J.
Med. Chem. 1978, 21, 819. (c) Practically, we prepared
racemic 22 by the Ito–Saegusa oxidation of 2-methyl-2-
(carboethoxy)cyclopentanone for the introduction of the
C=C bond.
comparison of the sign and magnitude of the optical rotatory
property for (S)-10 {[a]D27 +128 (c 0.49, CHCl3)} with our
(R)-10 {[a]D26 –123 (c 0.78, CHCl3)} clearly established the
R-configuration for the new stereogenic carbon center in 9.
(b) Ando, K.; Takemasa, Y.; Tomioka, K.; Koga, K.
Tetrahedron 1993, 49, 1579.
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(14) Compound 12: TLC: Rf = 0.50 (EtOAc–hexane, 1:3); [a]D
+64.1 (c 1.49, CHCl3). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d =
0.09, 0.10 (2 s, each 6 H), 0.84, 0.91 (2 s, each 9 H), 1.05 (d,
3 H, J = 6.3 Hz), 1.42 (s, 3 H), 2.53, 3.45 (2 ddd, each 1 H,
J = 19.2, 2.2, 2.2 Hz), 3.33 (s, 3 H), 3.56–3.64 (m, 1 H), 3.66
(dd, 1 H, J = 8.7, 3.5 Hz), 3.87 (t, 1 H, J = 8.7 Hz), 4.60 (d,
1 H, J = 3.5 Hz), 4.72 (dd, 1 H, J = 9.8, 8.7 Hz), 6.17 (ddd,
1 H, J = 5.6, 2.2, 2.2 Hz), 7.74 (ddd, 1 H, J = 5.6, 2.2, 2.2
Hz). 13C NMR (68 MHz, CDCl3): d = –4.2 × 2, –3.2, –2.6,
17.5, 17.9, 18.5, 21.9, 26.0 × 3, 26.2 × 3, 42.1, 53.7, 54.8,
65.3, 72.0, 74.6, 78.2, 99.8, 131.5, 163.0, 170.3, 205.8. IR
(neat): 2950, 2850, 2750, 2710, 1730, 1715, 1590, 1450,
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