Construction of Pentacyclic Limonoid Skeletons via Radical Cascade Reactions
Hiroyuki Mutoh1, Shu Nakamura1, Koichi Hagiwara1
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Abstract:
Limonoids 1 and 2 share a 6/6/6/5-membered ABCD-ring system and a six-membered oxacycle and differ in their C9-stereochemistries. A new radical-based strategy was devised to construct the pentacyclic skeletons of 1 and 2. An oxacycle-fused A-ring and enyne fragments were coupled to produce radical precursors 4a-4c with different C7-oxygen functionalities. The bridgehead tertiary bromide of 4a-4c participated in a radical cascade reaction with the three unsaturated bonds to cyclize the C9-diastereomeric BCD-rings.
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