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Stereoselctive Synthesis of Ectocarpene and its Antipode via Microbiological Asymmetric Hydrolysis
Kajiwara, Tadahiko,Sasaki, Yasuhi,Kimura, Fumiko,Hatanaka, Akikazu
, p. 1461 - 1466 (2007/10/02)
Biological asymmetric hydrolysis of ethyl (+/-)-cycloheptadienecarboxylate with Rhodotorula minuta var. texensis IFO 1102 and chemical resolution of the corresponding carboxylic acid with (-)-quinine provided (R)-(+)-ethyl 2,5-cycloheptadienecarboxylate (78percent e.e) and (S)-(+)-2,5-cycloheptadienecarboxylic acid (95percent e.e.), respectively.The (R)-(+)-carboxylate was converted to (R)-(-)-2,5-cycloheptadienylcarbaldehyde and (S)-(+)-carboxylic acid to (S)-(+)-2,5-cycloheptadienylcarbaldehyde.Ectocarpene (78percent e.e), male-gamete attractant of marine brown alga, and its antipode (95percent e.e) were synthesized by stereoselective Wittig reaction between the (R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-aldehydes and propyltriphenylphosphonium bromide in a liquid-solid two phase system using 18-crown ether-t-BuOK, respectively.
