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Syntheses of (+)-(S,S)-(cis-6-Methyltetrahydropyran-2-yl)acetic acid and of (−)-(R,R)-Didesoxy-pyrenophorine Using a New d5-Reagent. Preliminary communication

✍ Scribed by Dieter Seebach; Manat Phmakotr


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1979
Tongue
German
Weight
241 KB
Volume
62
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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Abstract

The Li/K‐derivative 6 is used to synthesize the title compounds (3a and 4a) in enantiomerically pure form from (−)‐(S)‐propylene epoxide. The C,C bond forming key step leading to the hydroxyketone 7 is followed by cyclization (→, 8), Beckmann cleavage (→ 9b) and hydrolysis to 3a (recently isolated from civet). Base treatment of 3a opens the ring (10) to give the hydroxyacid 1 which is cyclized to the macrolide 4a. The synthetic usefulness of the highly nucleophilic doubly reduced dienone system 6 as d^5^‐reagent (see synthons 2) is thus demonstirated.