A SHORT ENANTIOSELECTIVE FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF (-(S)-4,4-(ETHYLENEDIOXY)-7-HYDROXYOCT-2-ENOIC ACID - THE PENULTIMATE PRECURSOR TO (-)-(R,R)-PYRANOPHORIN())
D. Kalita et al., A SHORT ENANTIOSELECTIVE FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF (-(S)-4,4-(ETHYLENEDIOXY)-7-HYDROXYOCT-2-ENOIC ACID - THE PENULTIMATE PRECURSOR TO (-)-(R,R)-PYRANOPHORIN()), Synthesis, (7), 1998, pp. 975-976
Exclusive trans-addition of the nitronate dianion generated from the r
eadily available (S)-4-acetoxy-1-nitropentane (S)-3 to methyl propiola
te under PTC conditions gave adduct 4, which under carefully controlle
d Nef conditions at pH 5.3 gave the crucial gamma-oxo-alpha,beta-unsat
urated ester (S)-5.