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A concise approach to anthraquinone-xanthone heterodimers
Holmbo, Stephen D.,Pronin, Sergey V.
, p. 5065 - 5068 (2018/04/24)
A synthetic approach to anthraquinone-xanthone heterodimers is described. The route to the pentacyclic core features an efficient assembly of a benzocycloheptenone via a new intramolecular oxidative arylation of an enol ether and a Hauser-Kraus annulation-aldol reaction sequence to access the characteristic bicyclo[3.2.2]nonene motif. Acremoxanthone A is synthesized in 10 steps from commercially available material to demonstrate the application of this approach.
A straightforward diastereoselective synthesis and evaluation of climacostol, a natural product with anticancer activities
Fiorini, Dennis,Giuli, Sandra,Marcantoni, Enrico,Quassinti, Luana,Bramucci, Massimo,Amantini, Consuelo,Santoni, Giorgio,Buonanno, Federico,Ortenzi, Claudio
experimental part, p. 1550 - 1556 (2010/10/20)
On the basis of continued interest in plant-derived natural products as anticancer agents, a shorter and more efficient synthesis of climacostol is reported. This compound showed an anticancer activity better than that of the natural product. The improved
Radical-mediated cyclisation of ω-aryl-β-dicarbonyl compounds to tetrahydrobenzocyclohepten-6-ones, hexahydrobenzocycloocten-6-ones and naphthalen-2(1H)-ones
Jamie, Joanne F.,Rickards, Rodney W.
, p. 3613 - 3621 (2007/10/03)
Manganese(III) acetate in acetic acid promotes efficient radical-mediated oxidative cyclisation of ε-aryl-β-dicarbonyl and Z-γ,δ-unsaturated δ-aryl-β-dicarbonyl compounds carrying electron-releasing groups in the aromatic ring, forming 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-benzocyclohepten-6-ones and naphthalen-2(1H)-ones, respectively. The process is accompanied by secondary acetoxylation at the activated benzylic position of the initial cyclisation products, and is exemplified by the conversions of the ε- and δ-aryl-β-dicarbonyl compounds 6 and 11 into the benzocycloheptenone 18 and the naphthalenone 21, respectively. Application of the oxidation to the formation of 8-membered hexahydro- and tetrahydro-benzocycloocten-6-ones 19 and 22 from ζ-aryl-β-dicarbonyl and Z-γ,δ-unsaturated ζ-aryl-β-dicarbonyl compounds is limited by low reactivity, and in the latter case, by radical rearrangement followed by cyclisation to a tetralin.
1,2-Disubstituted Ethanes As Possible Precursors For The Synthesis of Cannabis Spirans
Crombie, Leslie,Crombie, W. Mary L.,Jamieson, Sally V.,Tuchinda Patoomratana,Whitaker, Alison J.
, p. 1485 - 1492 (2007/10/02)
Three possible methods for converting suitable 1,2-disubstituted ethanes into Cannabis spirans have been investigated. 4',5-Dihydroxy-3-methoxybibenzyl underwent intramolecular o-p- and p-p-coupling with ferricyanide in a chloroform-aqueous potassium carbonate system, but yields were low: certain other oxidants did not succeed or gave only traces of product.A method for making 1-hydroxy-1-(3,5-dimethoxyphenylethyl)cyclohexan-4-one ethylene acetal or thioacetal via a Birch reaction is described: despite favourable precedent, acid-catalysed cyclisation led to octahydrophenanthrenones rather than spiro-ketones, whilst N,N-dimethylformamide dineopentyl acetal gave two olefins.Jacquesy's super-asid method for making spirocyclohexenones from a methoxylated bibenzyl was not applicable to the 3,4',5-trimethoxy-case, which would have given cannabispirenone methyl ether, presumably because of protonation of both aromatic systems.
