Methodology for synthesis of exo-endo cross-conjugated dienones with trans- and cis-decalin systems has been reported. Bromination of the silyl enol ether of alpha'-methyl alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones with PTAB and successive dehydrobromination of the resulting alpha'-bromo-alpha'-methyl alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones under three conditions (DBU/PhH; TBAF/THF; Li(2)CO(3), LiBr/DMF) gave the desired exo-endo cross-conjugated dienones in good yield. This method was applied to the syntheses of dehydrobrachylaenolide (1), isodehydrochamaecynone (5c), and trans-isodehydrochamaecynone (11) starting from tuberiferine (7), chamaecynone (5a), and trans-chamaecynone (9). Eudesmanolides possessing an alpha-methylene gamma-lactone moiety, i.e., 1, 7, and 13, exhibited significant inhibitory activity toward the induction of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Compound 1 showed greater activity than 7 and 13. All compounds possessing an ethynyl group, 5d, 9, 11, and 14, showed the same degree of termiticidal activity, and the exo-endo cross-conjugated dienone structure in 11 had no influence on the activity.
The syntheses of (-)-7betaH-eudesmane-4alpha,11-diol (2) and (+)-ent-7betaH-eudesmane-4alpha,11-diol (ent-2) were carried out starting from (-)- and (+)-dihydrocarvones. As a result, the structure, including absolute configuration, of the naturally occurring eudesmane-4,11-diol isolated from Pluchea arguta was determined to be (+)-ent-7betaH-eudesmane-4alpha,11-diol (ent-2).
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