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Relative and absolute configuration of allohedycaryol. Enantiospecific total synthesis of its enantiomer
Zhabinskii, Vladimir N.,Minnaard, Adriaan J.,Wijnberg, Joannes B. P. A.,De Groot, Aede
, p. 4022 - 4027 (2007/10/03)
The enantiomer of (+)-allohedycaryol, a germacrane alcohol isolated from giant fennel (Ferula communis L.), has been synthesized, thereby elucidating the relative and absolute stereochemistry of the natural product. The synthesis of (-)-allohedycaryol started from (+)-α-cyperone (5) which was available in relatively large quantities via alkylation of imine 7 derived from (+)-dihydrocarvone and (R)-(+)-1-phenylethylamine. In a number of steps 5 was converted into the mesylate 4 with a regio- and stereoselective epoxidation as the key step. A Marshall fragmentation of 4 was used to prepare the trans,trans-cyclodeca-1,6-diene ring present in allohedycaryol. The conformation of synthetic (-)-allohedycaryol was elucidated via photochemical conversion into a bourbonane system. The synthesis of (-)-allohedycaryol also showed that natural (+)-allohedycaryol has the opposite absolute stereochemistry to that normally found in higher plants.
