93528-05-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of γ-Substituted Butenolides by Bakers' Yeast Reduction and Lipase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis. Total Synthesis of (3AS,6aS)-Ethisolide, Whisky Lactone, and (-)-Avenaciolide
Tsuboi, Sadao,Sakamoto, Jun-Ichi,Yamashita, Hiroshi,Sakai, Takashi,Utaka, Masanori
, p. 1102 - 1108 (2007/10/03)
Reduction of 3-chloro-4-oxoalkanoates 5 with bakers' yeast gave (4S)-3-chloro-4-hydroxyalkanoates, which were hydrolyzed and dehydrochlorinated to give (γS)-alkylbutenolides with >96% ee. Reduction of 5 with NaBH4 gave syn-3-chloro-4-hydroxyalkanoate 6. Asymmetric hydrolysis of syn-4-chloro-3-hydroxyalkanoate (±)-10 with lipase afforded (3R,4R)-6 and (3S,4S)-10 with high optical purities. Hydrolysis and dehydrochlorination of (3R,4R)-6 gave (γA)-alkylbutenolides with >85% ee. Total syntheses of (3aS,6aS)-ethisolide, whisky lactone, and (-)-avenaciolide from these butenolides are described.
Synthesis of Optically Active Butenolides and γ-Lactones by the Sharpless Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of β,γ-Unsaturated Carboxylic Esters
Harcken, Christian,Brueckner, Reinhard
, p. 2750 - 2752 (2007/10/03)
Keywords: asymmetric synthesis; butenolides; dihydroxylations; furanones; lactones
