183612-95-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Preparation of cis-4-O-protected-2-cyclopentenol derivatives
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, (2008/06/13)
The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing cis-4-O-protected-substituted-2-cyclopentenol derivatives comprising, a) dissolving a 4-O-protected-2-cyclopentenone in a suitable organic solvent; and b) treating the solution with a suitable Lewis acid and a suitable reducing agent at a temperature of from about -100° C. to about 20° C. The cis-4-O-protected-substituted-2-cyclopentenol derivatives are useful intermediates in the preparation of various cyclopentanyl and cyclopentenyl purine analogs which are useful as immunosuppressants and in the preparation of various prostaglandins.
The preparation of optically active 2-cyclopenten-1,4-diol derivatives from furfuryl alcohol
Curran, Timothy T.,Hay, David A.,Koegel, Christopher P.,Evans, Jonathan C.
, p. 1983 - 2004 (2007/10/03)
The preparation and enzymatic resolution of several cis-mono-4-O-protected-2-cyclopenten-1,4-diols are described. The process starts with inexpensive furfuryl alcohol and lends itself to the preparation of multigram quantities of various protected, optically active 2-cyclopenten-1,4-diol derivatives. Stereoselective reduction of 4-O-protected-2-cyclopentenone to the cis-mono-O-protected-2-cyclopenten-1,4-diol using LiAlH4/LiI or Red-Al/NaI is described. Subsequent pancreatin-promoted, stereoselective acylation was conducted on these cis-(+/-)-mono-O-protected-cyclopenten-1,4-diols to afford the corresponding alcohols and acetates in moderate to excellent enantioselectivities.
