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Pestalotiopsin a. Enantioselective construction of potential building blocks derived from antipodal cyclobutanol
Leo A Paquette1, Gregory D Parker, Takahiro Tei
1Evans Chemical Laboratories, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. paquette.1@osu.edu
Abstract:
D-Glyceraldehyde acetonide has been used as the starting point for accessing the enantiomeric cyclobutanols 11 in optically pure condition. The dextrorotatory enantiomer has been transformed in five steps into the [3.2.0] bicyclic lactone 22. While the deoxygenation of 22 proved to be problematical, the uncyclized variant 25 underwent the Barton process smoothly. These findings guided the related conversion of (-)-11 into 34. Use was also made of ring-closing metathesis to bring about the conversion of (+)-11 into [4.2.0] bicyclic lactone building blocks. In general, all three pathways are efficient and offer the prospect of practical side-chain appendage for the purpose of installing the nine-membered ring of pestalotiopsin A (1).
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