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Novel Caprolactones from a Marine Streptomycete
Stritzke, Katja,Schulz, Stefan,Laatsch, Hartmut,Helmke, Elisabeth,Beil, Winfried
, p. 395 - 401 (2004)
Two new caprolactones, (R)-10-methyl-6-undecanolide (1) and (6R,10S)-10-methyl-6-dodecanolide (2), were identified in the lipid extract of a marine streptomycete (isolate B6007). Their structures were proposed on the basis of GC-MS experiments and proved by synthesis. The absolute configuration of the compounds was established by comparison of the natural and synthetic stereoisomers using chiral gas chromatography. These caprolactones show a moderate phytotoxicity and a promising activity against cancer cells with concomitant low general cytotoxicity.
New syntheses of 1,7-dimethylnonyl propanoate, the western corn rootworm pheromone, in four different ways via cross metathesis, alkylation and coupling reactionsss
Mori, Kenji
experimental part, p. 595 - 600 (2011/04/23)
A mixture of the four stereoisomers of 1,7-dimethylnonyl propanoate, the female sex pheromone of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte), was synthesized in four different ways by employing one of the following four reactions as the key step: (i) cross metathesis using the Grubbs I catalyst, (ii) cross metathesis using the Grubbs II catalyst, (iii) alkylation of an alkynide anion, and (iv) Grignard coupling in the presence of dilithium tetrachlorocuprate. Although the cross metathesis approaches enabled two short syntheses (4 or 6 steps) of the pheromone to be achieved, the cheapest and most efficient synthesis was possible via Grignard coupling to give the desired pheromone in a 40% overall yield based on 2-methyl-1-butanol (8 steps).
