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Stereocontrolled total syntheses of optically active furofuran lignans
Inai, Makoto,Ishikawa, Ryo,Yoshida, Naoto,Shirakawa, Nana,Akao, Yusuke,Kawabe, Yusuke,Asakawa, Tomohiro,Egi, Masahiro,Hamashima, Yoshitaka,Kan, Toshiyuki
, p. 3513 - 3521 (2015)
Plant products (+)-sesamin, (+)-sesaminol, (+)-methylpiperitol, (+)-aschantin, and (+)-5'-hydroxymethylpiperitol were synthesized in a highly stereocontrolled manner through l-proline-catalyzed bifunctional-urea-accelerated cross-aldol reaction, followed by biomimetic construction of the furofuran lignan skeleton through a quinomethide intermediate.
Chromatography-free “two-pots” asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-sesamin and (+)-aschantin
Hajra, Saumen,Garai, Sujay,Sen, Biswajit
, (2020/09/02)
A gram-scale chromatography-free asymmetric total synthesis of both homo- and heterobiaryl furofuran lignans containing at least one methylenedioxy phenyl unit such as (+)-sesamin and (+)-aschantin is accomplished in “two-pots” from easily accessible enantiopure lactone involving four steps in high overall yields. Steps- and pot economy are the key advantages of the protocol. Additionally, the bromo-functionality of the intermediates is useful for late stage functionalization.
