The iodohydrins 2, 4, and 5 were
prepared by the ring opening of benzyl
2-O-p-tosyl-3,4-anhydro-β-l-arabinopyranoside (1) or benzyl
2,3-anhydro-4-O-acetyl-α-d-ribopyranoside
(3), respectively,
using sodium acetate, sodium iodide, and acetic acid in acetone which
on treatment with POCl3 in
pyridine yielded the unsaturated sugars 6 and 7.
After deacetylation of 7 with
MeOH/H2O/Et3N
(3:2:1) and treatment of 8 with tosyl chloride/pyridine at
50 °C 9 was obtained. The reaction of
benzyl
2-O-p-tosyl-3,4-dideoxy-α-d-glycero-pent-3-enopyranoside
(6) and benzyl 2,3,4-trideoxy-4-chloro-β-l-glycero-pent-2-enopyranoside
(9) with the sodium enolate of dimethyl
propargylmalonate
in the presence of catalytic amounts of
tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) afforded
the
branched-chain sugars 10 and 11. The isomer
10 was obtained as a minor product from 6
with
retention of configuration around C-2, and the major isomer 11
as a result of allylic rearrangement
in a ratio of 1:9. On the other hand, compound 9
afforded 10 as a major product and its
regioisomer
11 as a minor product in a ratio of 8:2; formation of the
above mentioned isomeric mixture involves
cis and trans diastereomeric intermediates during the reaction.
Treatment of these precursors
with Co2(CO)8 in benzene followed by
oxidative decomplexation with DMSO yielded in a
stereoselective manner the polysubstituted bis-cyclopentanoids
12 and 13. The stereochemistry
of 13 was assigned with the help of X-ray analysis.
Attempts were made to prepare the tetracyclic
systems 15 and 17 using 12 and
13 with
3-acetoxy-2-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-1-propene
(14);
however, the alkylation products 16 and 18 were
obtained.