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Stereoselective construction of a contiguous tetraol system in tetrodotoxin by means of repetitive operations involving epoxidation and ring-opening reactions of allyl sulfone
Ohtani, Yasuhiro,Shinada, Tetsuro,Ohfune, Yasufumi
, p. 619 - 622 (2007/10/03)
Stereoselective construction of a tetraol system corresponding to C-5, 6, 7, and 11 in tetrodotoxin was achieved. Epoxidation of allyl sulfide 3 followed by base-induced ring-opening reaction gave hydroxyallyl sulfone 6. Repetition of the above reactions gave 1,3-dihydroxyvinyl sulfone 8, which was transformed to protected tetraols 18 and 20 by a series of sequential reactions: 1) reductive removal of the phenylsulfonyl group, 2) inversion of the α-axial TBSoxy group to an β-equatorial position, and 3) dihydroxylation with OsO4.
