A short and efficient synthesis of (+)-disparlure and its enantiomer

A short and highly efficient approach was applied for the total synthesis of the gypsy moth sex pheromone (+)-disparlure and its enantiomer from isopropylidene D- and L-erythrose, using a common strategy.     

Enantioselective synthesis of preclavulone A and its methyl ester

A highly enantioselective synthesis of the (8S,12S)-enantiomer of preclavulone A and its methyl ester is described featuring the Julia protocol for installing the (Z)-double bond in the lower chain. This procedure is suitable for the preparation of labeled preclavulone analogues for biosynthetic studies on marine clavulones.     

Heck reactions of stilbenoid chromophores with alkoxysilyl-substituted styrenes: Synthesis of monomers for luminescent polymers

Luminescent stilbenoid chromophores with diethoxysilane end groups are prepared via Heck reactions. Diethoxysilane-substituted styrenes are used as vinylic components, thus allowing the combined connection of the chromophore to the silane moiety with an extension of the π-system. Monodisperse oligo(phenylenevinylene)s of different conjugation lengths and bromine or iodine as reactive sites are used as coupling partners. Electrical and optical properties are tuned via the length of the conjugated system, electron withdrawing cyanide and electron donating alkoxy side chains, the latter guarantee high solubility of the final compounds.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H. Ringsdorf on the occasion of his 75th birthday     

Total synthesis of d-(+)-biotin

A total synthesis of d-(+)-biotin is described starting from d-(+)-glucosamine using acyliminium chemistry.     

Ruthenium(II)-salen complexes-catalyzed olefination of aldehydes with ethyl diazoacetate

Several salen-ruthenium(II) complexes, which are derived from commercial ligands or simply ethylenediamine, can be successfully applied as catalysts for the olefination of a broad variety of aldehydes. Depending on the electron richness of the applied aldehydes, good to very good olefin yields and high E:Z selectivities are reached at 60 or 80 °C reaction temperature with ethyl diazo acetate being the reaction partner. The reaction rate depends on the electron donor capabilities of the aldehydes. Electron poor aldehydes undergo faster reactions than electron rich aldehydes, but both electron rich and bulky aldehydes can be transformed to corresponding olefins in very good yields and high E-selectivity.     

Stereochemistry of ketone olefination with methyl trimethylsilylacetate

High (Z)-stereoselectivity of olefination of methyl α-phenylthioalkyl and methyl α-phenylthioalkenyl ketones with methyl trimethylsilylacetate decreases in the case of ketones containing a higher alkyl-substituent in place of the methyl group. Dedicated to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences E. P. Serebryakov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 1020–1021, April, 2005.     

A concise route to the right wing of ciguatoxin

A concise route to the HIJKLM-ring fragment 10 of ciguatoxin (CTX) and 51-hydroxyCTX3C was developed in which oxiranyl anion addition and intramolecular carbonyl olefination were utilized as key transformations. The present procedure requires only 23 steps from the I-ring 5, while 35 steps were employed in a previous synthesis of the corresponding right wing 11 of CTX3C. The high efficiency of the present synthesis ensures a supply of 10 for total synthesis and biomedical applications.     

Convenient procedure of Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination for the synthesis of simple and functionalized α,β-unsaturated nitriles

A mild and practical procedure of Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination promoted by lithium hydroxide and α-cyano phosphonates has been set up for the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated nitriles. The reaction conditions are tolerated by functionalized ketones and the exclusive formation of E-γ-hydroxy α,β-unsaturated nitriles has been observed.     

Regio- and stereoselectivity in the addition reactions of CH-acids to aldehydes under the conditions of phase-transfer catalysis

The regio- and stereoselectivity of the reactions of carbanions, generated from alkanals, carboxylates of the type XYCHCOOEt (X = EtOOC, CN, Ac; Y = H, Br), or derivatives of 3-methyl-4-phosphono-2-butenoic acid using PTC techniques, with aldehydes of various types (alkanals, ,-enals, cross-conjugated enedials, benzaldehydes,etc.) are reviewed. The factors affecting the outcome of these reactions are discussed. The carbanion analogs, triphenylphosphorus ylides, are shown to attack selectively at one of the aldehyde groups of aromatic dialdehydes. The regularities found for the title reactions were used in the syntheses of some biologically active isoprenoids.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1867–1885, October, 1995.     

On the stereochemistry of the Horner—Emmons reaction between 3-functionally substituted 2-methyl-2-propenylphosphonates and aliphatic aldehydes

The reaction of diethyl 3-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-2-propenylphosphonate (1) with 3-methylbutanal (2) in the system solid MOH (M=K, Na, Li)-benzene without phase transfer catalysts affords ethyl 3,7-dimethyl-2,4-octadienoate with the ratios of 2E,4E stereoisomer (3a) to 2Z,4E-stereoisomer (3b) of 4456, 4654, and 6040 for KOH, NaOH, and LiOH, respectively. The similar tendency is observed when DMSO is substituted for benzene, although the proportion of3a in this case is 65% with any MOH used. The reaction of1 with2 in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide QOH (Q=NMe₄, BnNMe₃, (n-Bu)₄N) in benzene gives higher3a3b ratios than those obtained with LiOH in the former reaction system. The increase in the content of 2E,4E-isomer3a is possibly due to the growth of the population of solvent-separated ion pairs or, generally, to the increase in the distance between the charge centers in the ionic intermediates on passing from KOH to LiOH and from [Me₄N]OH to [(n-Bu)₄N]OH. The position of the equilibrium betweenE- and Z-isomers of phosphonate1 under the reaction conditions (E-1Z-13565) is almost unaffected by the nature of the cation of the base.Part 5, see ref. 1.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1089–1094, June, 1993.