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Synthesis and lipase-mediated stereoselective deacetylation of (±)-3-acetoxymethyl-3-alkyl-7-methoxychroman-4-ones
Poonam,Prasad, Ashok K,Azim, Abul,Kumar, Rajesh,Jain, Subhash C,Parmar, Virinder S,Olsen, Carl E,Errington, William
, p. 7395 - 7402 (2007/10/03)
Six (±)-3-acetoxymethyl-3-alkyl-7-methoxychroman-4-ones have been synthesized in four steps starting with the coupling of resorcinol with corresponding aliphatic acid leading to the formation of 2,4-dihydroxyphenyl alkyl ketones, which upon monomethylation and hydroxymethylation, followed by acetylation afforded the racemic acetoxymethylated compounds in 17-30% overall yields. Candida rugosa lipase-catalyzed deacetylation of (±)-3-acetoxymethylchromanones in diisopropyl ether exhibited fairly moderate enantioselectivity.
