72017-06-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Asymmetric Synthesis of Hispidanin A and Related Diterpenoids
Cao, Wei,Deng, Heping,Sun, Ying,Liu, Bo,Qin, Song
supporting information, p. 9120 - 9129 (2018/06/29)
We report on our accomplishment of the asymmetric synthesis of hispidanin A and its natural precursor, a labdane diterpenoid. In the first generation of synthesis, a semi-synthesis strategy was employed to construct a labdane-type diterpenoid, a natural precursor of hispidanin A, in which Barton's photolytic remote functionalization was employed as a key transformation. In addition, the totarane-type dienophile counterpart was derived from commercially available (?)-scalareol. In the second generation of synthesis, key elements included an iron-catalyzed radical cascade to access the labdane-type diene on the basis of hydrogen atom transfer, and an enantioselective cationic polyene cyclization furnished the totarane-type dienophile. Reaction optimization and mechanistic analysis of the radical cascade reaction was conducted. Furthermore, the [4+2] cycloaddition reaction was achieved in excellent yield and selectivity under thermal conditions, which has been rationalized by using DFT transition-state analysis and paved the way for final accomplishment of the total synthesis of hispidanin A.
Cascade Michael addition/cycloketalization of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds: Important role of the tethered alcohol of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds on reaction rate and regioselectivity
Yao, Hongliang,Song, Liyan,Liu, Yuan,Tong, Rongbiao
, p. 8774 - 8785 (2015/01/09)
Reactions of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds proceed primarily by cascade Knoevenagel condensation/six-π-electron electrocyclization (K6EC, formal [3 + 3] cycloaddition), while α,β-unsaturated ketones usually react with cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in a 1,4-addition manner. This paper discloses our findings that under acidic conditions, α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (ketones and aldehydes) with a tethered alcohol react with cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in a highly regioselective 1,4-addition fashion via in situ generation of a hypothetical α-methylene cyclic oxonium ion as the reactive Michael acceptor. Our studies uncovered the important effect of the tethered alcohol on the reaction rate and/or efficiency and some new mechanistic aspects of the cascade Michael addition/cycloketalization. Finally, the substrate scope was examined, and 43 analogues of penicipyrone and tenuipyrone were prepared in good to excellent yields.
Formation of carbocycles by intramolecular conjugate displacement: Scopeand mechanistic insights
Wang, Lihong,Prabhudas, Bodhuri,Clive, Derrick L. J.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 6003 - 6012 (2009/09/25)
A detailed study has been made of a method of ring closure categorized as an all-carbon intramolecular conjugate displacement (ICD). This reaction involves intramolecular addition of a carbanion, which is stabilized by at least one electron-withdrawing group, to a Michael acceptor which has a leaving group in an allylic position. The process formally resembles a combination of Michael addition and S N2' displacement. The overall result is formation of a ring with loss of the allylic leaving group and shift of the original double bond to a new location spanning the positions of the electron-withdrawing substituent of the Michael acceptor subunit and the original allylic leaving group. The starting materials are easily prepared by a selenium-based version of the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction. The cyclizations are transition metal free and occur under mild conditions, using DBU or Cs 2CO 3 inMeCN or THF. Acetate is a suitable leaving group and the electron-withd rawing substituent of the Michael acceptor unit can be CO 2R,SO 2Ph, or CN. Six- and seven-membered rings are formed effi ciently, and complex structures, such as those resembling the core of CP-225,917, are easily assembled. The products of these ICD reactions are themselves classical Michael acceptors. A range of mechanisms probably operates, depending on the structure of the starting material and the reaction conditions, but conclusive evidence for a stepwise mechanism was obtained in a suitably biased case, while other observations are compatible with a concerted process or a stepwise path involving a short-lived carbanion that evades capture by a proton source.
A new synthesis of α-phenylseleno γ- and δ-lactones from terminal alkynes
Tiecco, Marcello,Testaferri, Lorenzo,Temperini, Andrea,Bagnoli, Luana,Marini, Francesca,Santi, Claudio
, p. 655 - 658 (2007/10/03)
Treatment of the hydroxy substituted (Z)-α-(phenylseleno)vinyl p-toluenesulfonates with electrophilic phenylselenenylating agents gives rise to a selenium induced ring closure reaction affording α-phenylseleno ψ- or δ-lactones.
