C. Taillefumier et Y. Chapleur, Enantiomerically pure decalinic structures from carbohydrates using intramolecular Diels-Alder and Ferrier carbocyclization, CAN J CHEM, 78(6), 2000, pp. 708-722
Citations number
72
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE CHIMIE
The synthesis of enantiomerically pure decalinic structures, advanced inter
mediates for the synthesis of the hexahydronaphtalen part of mevinic acids,
is described. The key steps are the intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloadditi
on of a suitably substituted sugar enone obtained via the Ferrier rearrange
ment of tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal with the appropriate alcohol representing the
diene part of the system. Chemical manipulation of the resulting, diastere
omerically pure, cycloadduct led to a 5,6-unsaturated carbohydrate which wa
s submitted to the Ferrier carbocylization. This reaction proved difficult
likely because of the embedding of the aglycon in a cycle, the hydration pr
oduct of the double bond being the main product. This compound was in turn
transformed into the decalinic structures by treatment in basic medium. The
inverse strategy, Ferrier carbocyclization followed by IMDA of an enone an
d a diene linked via an ester bond was unsuccessful.