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Alkoxyallene-based syntheses of preussin and its analogs and their cytotoxicity
Hausherr, Arndt,Siemeister, Gerhard,Reissig, Hans-Ulrich
, p. 122 - 134 (2019/01/04)
Short syntheses of oxa-preussin, racemic preussin and (-)-preussin are reported. Starting from a racemic 3-nonyl-substituted methoxyallene derivative, its lithiation and addition to phenylethanal provided the corresponding allenyl alcohol that was converted into two diastereomeric dihydrofuran derivatives by silver nitrate-catalyzed 5-endo-trig cyclization. The acid hydrolysis of the enol ether moiety gave heterocyclic ketones and subsequent highly stereoselective reductions with l-selectride furnished 2-benzyl-5-nonylfuran-3-ol derivatives in good overall yield. The major all-cis-diastereomer has the skeleton and relative configuration of preussin and is hence called oxa-preussin. An analogous sequence with the same allene, but an N-sulfonyl imine as the electrophile, finally led to racemic preussin. The stereoselectivities of the individual steps are discussed in detail. With an enantiopure 2-benzyl-5-nonylpyrrolidin-3-one intermediate the preparation of (-)-preussin with an enantiomeric ratio of >95:5 could be accomplished in a few steps. The sign of the optical rotation of this product finally proved the absolute configurations of its precursors and demonstrated that our chiral auxiliary-based route led to the antipode of the natural product. The cytotoxicity of several of the prepared heterocycles against MCF-7 tumor cells was investigated and five compounds, including racemic and enantiopure (-)-preussin, were identified as highly cytotoxic with IC50 values in the range of 3-6 μM.
Practical asymmetric approach to pyrrolidinones: Efficient synthesis of (+)-preussin and (-)-AHPPA
Kanazawa, Alice,Gillet, Sandra,Delair, Philippe,Greene, Andrew E.
, p. 4660 - 4663 (2007/10/03)
A novel, dichloroketene-chiral enol ether cycloaddition-based synthesis of enantiopure (+)-preussin and (-)-AHPPA has been realized. The efficient, highly stereoselective approach, which involves a Beckmann ring expansion reaction to access the key pyrrolidinone, proceeds in ca. 16% overall yield for each of the compounds.