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Synthesis of (-)-conocarpan by two routes based on radical cyclization and establishment of its absolute configuration
Clive, Derrick L. J.,Stoffman, Elia J. L.
experimental part, p. 1831 - 1842 (2008/10/09)
Two independent routes for the total synthesis of the bioactive neolignan (-)-conocarpan are described. The first (98% ee) is based on formal radical cyclization onto a benzene ring, and involves a 5-exo-trigonal closure onto a double bond restrained within a 6-membered ring. The second route (88% ee), which is shorter, is based on 5-exo-trigonal cyclization of an aryl radical onto a pendant terminal double bond. The two routes differ in their degree of stereoselectivity. The absolute configuration originally assigned to (+)-conocarpan had previously been called into question on the basis of empirical chiroptical rules; the present chemical work confirms the need for revision, and the assigned absolute configurations of several compounds correlated with (+)-conocarpan must also be changed. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Total synthesis of (-)-conocarpan and assignment of the absolute configuration by chemical methods
Clive, Derrick L. J.,Stoffman, Elia J. L.
, p. 2151 - 2153 (2008/02/08)
(-)-Conocarpan (1) was synthesized by a method based on radical cyclization, and the absolute configuration was established by chemical degradation; the original 2R,3R-assignment to (+)-conocarpan should be reversed, as suggested by a later chiroptical study of model 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
