89635-08-5Relevant articles and documents
Scalable total synthesis of horsfiequinone A
Zhan, Rui,Du, Shou-Zhen,Kuang, Fang,Chen, Ye-Gao
supporting information, p. 1451 - 1453 (2018/03/12)
Starting from two commercially available substrates, methoxyhydroquinone and piperonyl alcohol, a scalable four-step total synthesis of horsfiequinone A was developed. The notable feature of the synthesis is the application of two continuous sequential transformations. Namely, the key aldehyde 9 and horsfiequinone A were prepared via scalable Wittig/hydrolysis and Wittig/catalytic hydrogenation/oxidation sequences, respectively. Importantly, the synthetic route required only three recrystallizations and one column chromatography purification step.
Divergent and concise total syntheses of dihydrochalcones and 5-deoxyflavones recently isolated from Tacca species and Mimosa diplotricha
Sum, Tze Han,Sum, Tze Jing,Stokes, Jamie E.,Galloway, Warren R.J.D.,Spring, David R.
, p. 4557 - 4564 (2015/06/08)
Dihydrochalcones and 5-deoxyflavones are types of compounds possessing various biologically interesting properties. Herein, we report the concise and divergent total syntheses of several naturally occurring dihydrochalcones and 5-deoxyflavones from readily available starting materials. The divergent strategy is based around manipulation of a common chalcone scaffold and features application of Algar-Flynn-Oyamada oxidation and benzoquinone C-H activation methodologies. These are the first reported total syntheses of these biologically interesting compounds and the concise and flexible route should be readily amenable to future analogue generation. Furthermore, this work provides an illustration of the utility of divergent synthesis for the expedient and step-economical preparation of natural product libraries.
Total synthesis of natural and unnatural lamellarins with saturated and unsaturated D-rings
Ploypradith, Poonsakdi,Petchmanee, Thaninee,Sahakitpichan, Poolsak,Litvinas, Nichole D.,Ruchirawat, Somsak
, p. 9440 - 9448 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Twenty-eight natural and unnatural lamellarins with either a saturated or an unsaturated D-ring were synthesized according to our developed synthetic route. The key step involved the Michael addition/ring closure (Mi-RC) of the benzyldihydroisoquinoline and α-nitrocinnamate derivatives, which provided the 2-carboethoxypyrrole intermediates in moderate to good yields (up to 78% yield). Subsequent hydrogenolysis/lactonization furnished lamellarins with a saturated D-ring in excellent yields (up to 93% yield). DDQ oxidation of the saturated lamellarin acetates led directly to the corresponding unsaturated analogues in 54-95% yield. In addition, only two steps in our developed strategy require column chromatography.
