The preparation of bicyclic systems containing an allylic, angular hydroxyl group (general structure 20 and compound 87b) is described. These materials have been prepared via a new annulation sequence involving (a) the alkylation of cyclic ketones with the bifunctional conjunctive reagents 129, 21 and 60, (b) the conversion of the alkylation products into keto vinyl iodides, and (c) cyclization of the keto vinyl iodides via low temperature metal halogen exchange with n-butyllithium.
The cyclization process described in (c) has been employed in the first total synthesis of the diterpenoid (±)-ambliol B (94). Thus, 3,4-dimethyl-2-cyclohexen-l-one (96) was converted, in three steps, into the unstable enone 125. Reaction of this compound with the novel vinylgermane cuprate 110, followed by reaction of the resultant product with iodine, gave the cyclization precursor 106. Cyclization of 106 gave a single, trans-fused product (128) in high yield. The exocyclic methylene function of 128 was cyclopropanated and the vinyl substituent of the resultant cyclopropane was hydroborated to give the cyclopropane diol 149. Hydrogenolysis of the cyclopropane ring of compound 149 provided the required gem-dimethyl moiety. The resultant product was converted into (±)-ambliol B (94) via a four step sequence of reactions involving (a) oxidation of the primary alcohol function, (b) addition of 3-furyllithium to the so-formed unstable aldehyde, (c) acetylation of the secondary alcohol prepared in (b), and (d) reductive removal of the acetoxy function.
A new annulation sequence which utilizes the vinylgermane cuprate 110 as a synthetic equivalent of the 1-butene a²,d⁴-synthon 153 is described. Thus, cyclic enones of the general structure 154 were treated with 110 to provide the keto vinylgermane intermediates 155. The latter materials were transformed into the corresponding keto vinyl iodides 156. Treatment of 156 with a palladium(0) catalyst and a base resulted in cyclization to provide the annulation products 157 or, when R₁ = H, the α,β-unsaturated ketones 185.
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| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Marais, Pierre Christiaan |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
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