Total synthesis of (±)-methyl atis-16-en-19-oate
(5c), a tetracyclic diterpenoid possessing a
bicyclo[2.2.2]octane ring system, was accomplished. Intramolecular
Diels−Alder reaction of tetraene 14 was
employed
in a construction of kaurene skeleton 13. The pivotal
step involved a homoallyl−homoallyl radical
rearrangement process of (±)-methyl 12-hydroxykaur-16-en-19-oate
monothioimidazolide 12, which led to
5c in good yield. Interestingly, treatment of methyl
12-oxo-kaur-16-en-19-oate 30 with hydrazine
monohydrate
in the presence of KOH in bis(ethylene glycol) at 200 °C
resulted in cyclopropanation to furnish, directly,
trachyloban-19-oic acid (4b), together with
kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (6b).
The one-pot intramolecular double Michael reaction of compounds having two different a,B-unsaturated carbonyl groups to form polycyclic compounds can be carried out by three different methods: in the first the substrate is treated with lithium hexamethyldisilazide, in the second with chlorotrimethylsilane, triethylamine, and zinc chloride at an elevated temperature, and in the third with tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate and triethylamine. The reaction proceeds with complete regioselectivity and high stereoselectivity following a stepwise mechanism. Spiro-fused bicyclo[2.2.2~octane derivatives can be constructed with high stereoselectivity by the intramolecular double Michael reaction by using the first method. Enantiomerically pure atisine and the enantiorner of atisirene were synthesized stereoselectively by application of this methodology. The syntheses of steroids and angular triquinane-type sesquiterpenoids were possible with the second method. Heterocyclic compounds with a bridgehead nitrogen atom were obtained by the reaction of a,P-unsaturated amides following the second and third methods. The asymmetric synthesis of tylophorine with diastereofacial control was achieved by the intramolecular reaction according to the third method. The sulfur-mediated intramolecular double Michael reaction utilizing the third method produced trans-hydroindane derivatives. Furthermore, the intramolecular Michael-aldol reaction can be employed in synthesizing polycyclic systems with cyclobutane units by treatment with tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate in the presence of triethylamine. The intermolecular double Michael reaction and related reactions will also be described.
[Ni(cyclam)](ClO(4))(2)-catalyzed indirect electroreduction of olefinic bromides produced six-membered compounds in low to high yields. The synthetic intermediate 49 of Ipecac and Corynanthe alkaloids was obtained in 88% yield in a highly stereoselective manner. Lactam 66, the synthetic precursor of tacamonine, was prepared in 49% yield as a mixture of two diastereoisomers. The electrolysis of the bromoacetates gave the debrominated compounds in good yields.
A remarkable substituent effect by the tert-butyldimethylsiloxy group on the enantioselectivity of the tandem asymmetric epoxidation and enantiospecific ring expansion of 21) in high yield and high enantiomeric excess, was observed. This enabled us to accomplish a concise and highly enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-debromoaplysin ( 2) and (-)-aplysin (1), providing a new and general strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of biologically important substances having the dihydrobenzofuran
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