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Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Monocerin, a Dihydroisocoumarin Derivative with Potent Antimalarial Properties
Ghosh, Arun K.,Lee, Daniel S.
, p. 6191 - 6198 (2019/05/24)
We describe here the enantioselective synthesis of (+)-monocerin and its acetate derivative. The present synthesis features an efficient optically active synthesis of the β-hydroxy-?-lactone derivative with high enantiomeric purity using Sharpless dihydroxylation as the key step. The synthesis also highlights a tandem Lewis acid-catalyzed, oxocarbenium ion-mediated diastereoselective syn-allylation reaction, and a methoxymethyl group promoted methylenation reaction. We investigated this reaction with a variety of Lewis acids. A selective CrO3-mediated oxidation of isochroman provided the corresponding lactone derivative. The synthesis is quite efficient and may be useful for the preparation of derivatives.
A Stereospecific Access to Allylic Systems Using Rhodium(II)-Vinyl Carbenoid Insertion into Si-H, O-H, and N-H Bonds
Bulugahapitiya, Priyadarshanie,Landais, Yannick,Parra-Rapado, Liliana,Planchenault, Denis,Weber, Valery
, p. 1630 - 1641 (2007/10/03)
Rhodium-catalyzed decomposition of α-vinyldiazoesters in the presence of silanes, alcohols, ethers, amines, and thiols have been shown to produce the corresponding α-silyl, α-hydroxy, α-alkoxy, α-amino, and α-thioalkoxy esters in generally good yield with a complete retention of the stereochemistry of the double bond of the diazo precursor. An extension of the process in homochiral series has also been devised using either a chiral auxiliary attached to the ester function or achiral α-vinyldiazoesters and Doyle's chiral catalyst Rh2(MEPY)4. In the former approach, pantolactone as chiral auxiliary gave diastereoselectivities of up to 70%, while the second approach produced the desired allylsilane with ee as high as 72%. On the other hand, Rh2(MEPY)4-catalyzed insertion into the O-H bond of water led to poor or no enantioselectivity in good agreement with recent literature reports.
