Stereocontrolled access to isoprostanes via a bicyclo[3.3.0]octene framework

We report a simple and highly stereocontrolled strategy toward the total synthesis of isoprostanes based on a bicyclic alpha,beta-epoxy ketone intermediate 6. Bicyclo[3.3.0]octene scaffold permitted stereodirection of reagents allowing stereoselective epoxidation, diastereoselective ketone reduction, and regioselective epoxide opening otherwise not accessible with a simple cyclopentene framework.     

Development of new chiral building blocks for synthesis of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane compounds

Ti(II)-mediated tandem cyclization of (E)-5-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-8-trimethylsilyl-2-octen-7-ynoate (7) prepared from commercially available optically active epichlorohydrin (2) proceeded diastereoselectively to provide 7-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-2-trimethylsilylbicyclo[3.3.0]oct-1-en-3-one (1), which serves as a useful chiral building block or intermediate to prepare a variety of compounds having a bicyclo[3.3.0]octane framework.     

Synthesis of 1,10-phenanthrolines fused with bicyclo[3.3.0]octane and bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane frameworks

Reactions of bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-2,6-dione and bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione with 8-amino-7-quino-linecarbaldehyde under basic conditions led to fused nonplanar compounds with one or two 1,10-phenanthroline moieties. The novel heterocyclic systems bicyclo[3.3.1]nonano[2,3-b]bis[1,10]-phenanthroline, cis-bicyclo[3.3.0]octano[3,2-b:7,6-b']bis[1,10]phenanthroline, bicyclo[3.3.1]nona-no[2,3-b:6,7-b']bis[1,10]phenanthroline, and 8H-9,16-methanoindolo[2',3':5,6]cycloocta[1,2-b]bis-[1,10]-phenanthroline have been synthesized and characterized.     

One-pot synthesis of chiral bicyclo[3.3.0]octatrienes using diphenylprolinol silyl ether-mediated ene-type reaction

Chiral bicyclo[3.3.0]octatrienes with excellent enantioselectivity were synthesized from the simple starting materials of α,β-unsaturated aldehyde and cyclopentadiene via one-pot operation, which consisted of a diphenylprolinol silyl ether-mediated ene-type reaction, intramolecular addition reaction of cyclopentadiene moiety with aldehyde and dehydration reaction.     

Manifestations of the Alder-Rickert reaction in the structures of bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene and bicyclo[2.2.2]octene derivatives

The Alder-Rickert ethylene extrusion reaction manifests in the ground state structures of compounds 9-12 which contain the bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene moiety and compounds 13, 14, and 17-20 which contain the bicyclo[2.2.2]octene moiety. A significant decrease of the 13C-13C one-bond coupling constants for the C-C bonds, which break in this fragmentation reaction, suggests lengthening, and hence weakening of these bonds. In the unsymmetrical systems these effects are also shown to be associated with strengthening of the CH2-CH2 bond, which is ultimately lost from the molecule as ethylene. Low-temperature crystal structures of compounds 9-12 and 16 provide evidence for similar crystal packing requirements of the CH2-CH2 and CH=CH moieties.     

Synthetic approaches to komarovispiranes. Enantiospecific synthesis of bicyclo[3.3.0]octanespiro[3.1′]cyclohexanes

A ring-closing metathesis based spiroannulation of cyclopentane and cyclohexanes at the C-3 carbon atom of a bicyclo[3.3.0]octane, as a model study directed towards the enantiospecific synthesis of the novel diterpenes komarovispiranes, is described.     

Group 14 chalcogenides featuring a bicyclo[3.3.0]octane skeleton

Reactions of mixtures of Cl₂MeSiSiMeCl₂ (1) and Me₂MCl₂ (M=Si, Ge, Sn) with either H₂S/NEt₃ or Li₂E (E=Se, Te) yielded the bicyclo[3.3.0]octanes Me₂M(E)₂Si₂Me₂(E)₂MMe₂. A carbon containing analog, (CH₂)₅C(S)₂Si₂Me₂(S)₂C(CH₂)₅, was prepared from 1 and (CH₂)₅C(SH)₂. Crystal structures of three of these compounds were determined and the observed conformations of the bicyclo[3.3.0]octane skeletons compared with results of density functional theory calculations. Another class of silchalcogenides featuring a bicyclo[3.3.0]octane skeleton, E(Me₂Si)₂Si₂Me₂(SiMe₂)₂E, was formed from the doubly branched hexasilane (ClMe₂Si)₂Si₂Me₂(SiMe₂Cl)₂ and H₂S/NEt₃ or Li₂E. All products were characterized by multinuclear NMR (¹H, ¹³C, ²⁹Si, ⁷⁷Se, ¹¹⁹Sn, and ¹²⁵Te).     

手性二环[3.3.0]辛-3-烯类化合物的合成

研究了5-(1-孟氧基)-3-溴-2(5H)-呋喃酮新手性源(1)与某些碳亲核试剂发生的串联不对称Michael加成/分子内亲核取代反应,反应中生成2个新的手性中心得到一般方法难以合成的光学纳二环[3.3.0]辛-3-烯类化合物.通过[α]、IR、UV、¹HNMR、¹³CNMR、MS、元素分析以及X射线四圆衍射等方法确定了手性二环[3.3.0]辛-3-稀类化合物化学结构和绝对构型.     

Dicobaltoctacarbonyl-alkyne complexes as intermediates in the synthesis of bicyclo[3.3.0]octenones for the synthesis of coriolin and hirsutic acid

Treatment of the readily prepared enzymes 12, 21 and 45 with Co₂(CO) at ca 110° results in high yields (80%) of substituted bicyclo[3.3.0]octenones, that are suitable for straightforward elaboration into coriolin and hirsutic acid precursors. A mechanistic hypothesis to explain the observed stereospecificity is presented.     

Novel dimerisation of bicyclo[3.3.0]oct-2-en-3-one

Application of the intramolecular Wadsworth-Emmons reaction to bicyclo[3..3.0]oct-2-en-3-ones results in the formation of a novel dimer (11) of the parent member (6) whose structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography.     

Vibrational circular dichroism DFT study on bicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivatives

The absolute configurations of four bicylco[3.3.0]octane derivatives: endo-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-2,6-diol, endo-2,6-diacetoxybicyclo[3.3.0]octane, endo-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-2,6-dione and bicyclo[3.3.0]octa-2,6-dien-2,6-bistriflate were studied by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD). These chiral derivates are of interest as intermediates in the asymmetric synthesis of enantiomerically pure natural products and chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis. VCD has been used to determine the absolute configuration of each compound, proving the capability of VCD for molecules with several stereogenic centres. IR and VCD spectra have been simulated at the B3LYP/6-31G¹ level for all possible diastereomers. Based on the agreement between the experimental and the calculated spectrum, the stereochemistry of each compound could be assigned. The predicted absolute configurations are found to agree with literature data.     

Simple construction of bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane,bicyclo[3.3.0]octane,and related benzo derivatives by palladium-catalyzed cycloalkenylation

[reaction: see text] Bicyclo[4.3.0]nonanes (hydrindanes) and bicyclo[3.3.0]octanes (octahydropentalenes) are easily synthesized by palladium-catalyzed cycloalkenylations. Additionally, benzo-fused bicyclo[3.3.0]octanes are prepared for the first time through intramolecular coupling between silyl enol ethers and aromatic rings in the presence of catalytic palladium acetate.     

Synthesis of a pericosine analogue with a bicyclo[2.2.2]octene skeleton

A new analogue of the antitumor pericosines possessing a bicyclo[2.2.2]octene skeleton has been synthesized from methyl gallate using oxidative dearomatization and regio- and diastereoselective Diels-Alder reaction as the key steps.     

Five bicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐dienes

A series of five compounds containing the bicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene skeleton are described, namely tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dihydroxybicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₁₆H₁₈O₁₀, (I), tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dihydroxy‐1,5‐dimethylbicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₁₈H₂₂O₁₀, (II), tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dimethoxybicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₁₈H₂₂O₁₀, (III), tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dimethoxy‐1,5‐dimethylbicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₂₀H₂₆O₁₀, (IV), and tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐diacetoxybicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₂₀H₂₂O₁₂, (V). The bicyclic core is substituted in all cases at positions 2, 4, 6 and 8 with methoxycarbonyl groups and additionally at positions 3 and 7 with hydroxy [in (I) and (II)], methoxy [in (III) and (IV)] or acetoxy [in (V)] groups. The conformations of the methoxycarbonyl groups at positions 2 and 4 are exo for all five compounds. Each C₅ ring of the bicyclic skeleton is almost planar, but the rings are not coplanar, with dihedral angles of 54.93 (7), 69.85 (5), 64.07 (4), 80.74 (5) and 66.91 (7)° for (I)–(V), respectively, and the bicyclooctadiene system adopts a butterfly‐like conformation. Strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds exist between the –OH and C=O groups in (I) and (II), with O...O distances of 2.660 (2) and 2.672 (2) Å in (I), and 2.653 (2) and 2.635 (2) Å in (II). The molecular packing is stabilized by weaker C—H...O(=C) interactions, leading to dimers in (I)–(III) and to a chain structure in (V). The structure series presented in this article shows how the geometry of the cycloocta‐2,6‐diene skeleton changes upon substitution in different positions and, consequently, how the packing is modified, although the intermolecular interactions are basically the same across the series.     

Chiral synthons from α-pinene: enantioselective syntheses of bicyclo[3.3.0] and [3.2.1]octanones

Enantioselective syntheses of bicyclo[3.3.0]octan-3-one, bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one and bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-one derivatives were accomplished by employing a chiron based approach, using intramolecular rhodium carbenoid C–H insertion, acid catalysed cyclisation of α-diazo ketone and intramolecular type II carbonyl ene reactions as key steps.