A synthesis of L-vancosamine derivatives from non-carbohydrate precursors by a short sequence based on the Marshall, McDonald, and Du Bois reactions

[reaction: see text] The carbamate-protected l-vancosamine glycal, viewed as a universal precursor for vancosamine derivatives, was prepared by a short scheme based on diastereoselective addition of an allenyl stannane to a lactaldehyde ether, the tungsten-catalyzed alkynol cycloisomerization, and the rhodium-catalyzed C-H insertion of a carbamate nitrogen. This sequence is a prototype for a new and efficient strategy for the synthesis of 3-amino sugar derivatives. The key intermediate was elaborated to the silyl ether of N,N-dimethyl vancosamine glycal.     

Gold-catalyzed cyclizations of alkynol-based compounds: synthesis of natural products and derivatives

The last decade has witnessed dramatic growth in the number of reactions catalyzed by gold complexes because of their powerful soft Lewis acid nature. In particular, the gold-catalyzed activation of propargylic compounds has progressively emerged in recent years. Some of these gold-catalyzed reactions in alkynes have been optimized and show significant utility in organic synthesis. Thus, apart from significant methodology work, in the meantime gold-catalyzed cyclizations in alkynol derivatives have become an efficient tool in total synthesis. However, there is a lack of specific review articles covering the joined importance of both gold salts and alkynol-based compounds for the synthesis of natural products and derivatives. The aim of this Review is to survey the chemistry of alkynol derivatives under gold-catalyzed cyclization conditions and its utility in total synthesis, concentrating on the advances that have been made in the last decade, and in particular in the last quinquennium.     

One-pot consecutive reactions based on the synthesis of conjugated enones by the re-catalysed meyer-schuster rearrangement

Re catalysis in one-pot reactions: An atom-economical, one-pot strategy that involves alkyne deprotonation and a subsequent rhenium(V)-catalysed Meyer-Schuster rearrangement of the alkynol to provide α,?-unsaturated enones in high yield has been developed. Subsequent in situ hydride reduction or Diels-Alder reaction of the enones provided products in good-to-high overall yields.     

Fischer carbene catalysis of alkynol cycloisomerization: application to the synthesis of the altromycin B disaccharide

[reaction: see text] The tungsten-catalyzed cycloisomerization of alkynyl alcohols can be conducted without using photochemistry, using a stable tungsten Fischer carbene as the precatalyst for this transformation. A variety of alkynyl alcohols undergo cycloisomerization under these conditions to provide endocyclic enol ethers of five-, six-, and seven-membered ring sizes. The utility of this method is further demonstrated in the stereoselective synthesis of the disaccharide substructure of altromycin B.     

Gold‐ or Platinum‐Catalyzed Cascade Processes of Alkynol Derivatives Involving Hydroalkoxylation Reactions Followed by Prins‐Type Cyclizations

An efficient method for the synthesis of [3.3.1]bicyclic compounds from easily available alkynol derivatives has been developed. The reaction is based on a gold‐ or platinum‐catalyzed tandem process that involves an intramolecular hydroalkoxylation of a triple bond followed by a Prins‐type cyclization. The reaction has been carried out with differently substituted alkynol derivatives and oxygen‐, nitrogen‐, and carbon‐centered nucleophiles. The incorporation of halogen atoms as nucleophiles and elimination reactions has also been studied. Enantiomerically pure [3.3.1]bicyclic systems were easily synthesized from the chiral pool.     

A concise synthesis of (±) and a total synthesis of (+)-epiquinamide

A total synthesis of the quinolizidine alkaloid (+)-epiquinamide 1 has been achieved starting from (−)-pipecolinic acid 3. The key step is the highly diastereoselective addition of a TBDMS-protected propargyl alcohol to a chiral aldehyde derived from 3 to give erythro alkynol 19, which is then easily transformed into the desired bicyclic skeleton.     

Towards the synthesis of Palmerolide A: asymmetric synthesis of C1–C14 fragment

The synthesis of a C1–C14 fragment of a marine cytotoxic natural product Palmerolide A is described. The key steps involved in this synthesis are deoxygenative rearrangement of an alkynol followed by an asymmetric dihydroxylation of a diene ester and CBS-reduction.     

Recent progress on the synthesis of cyclic polymers via ring-expansion strategies

Cyclic polymers are the simplest topological isomers of linear macromolecules, but exhibit properties that differ from linear chains in ways that remain imperfectly understood. The difficulty of synthesizing appropriately pure and high molecular weight cyclic samples has hindered experimental studies. Ring-closure methods, while versatile, are inherently limited in the range of molecular weights that can be achieved. Ring-expansion methods are a much more promising strategy toward obtaining high molecular weight cyclic polymers. The current review focuses on recent developments in ring-expansion polymerization strategies toward the synthesis of high molecular weight cyclic polymers. Significant progress in the last decade has made the synthesis of cyclic polymers possible by a variety of methods, such as ruthenium- and tungsten-catalyzed ring-expansion metathesis polymerization, organocatalytic and Lewis acid-catalyzed zwitterionic polymerization, RAFT and nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization, among many others. While the study of cyclic polymers has long been hampered by synthetic challenges, the recent resurgence of interest in this field presents an exciting opportunity for chemists. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 2892–2902     

A facile synthesis of enantiopure tricyclic furanyl and pyranyl derivatives via tungsten-mediated cycloalkenation and Diels-Alder reaction

We report the synthesis of chiral furanyl and pyranyl dienes 1 and 2 based on cycloalkenation of chiral tungsten alkynol complexes. These two dienes bear a chiral 1,3-dioxolane group to control diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions with electron-deficient olefins. The chiral 1,3-dioxolane substituents of the cycloadducts were degraded into hydrogen atoms to make these molecules possess common furan and pyran rings. Dienes 1 and 2 are good building blocks for enantiopure forms of tricyclic oxygen compounds.     

Synthesis of 6,6-bisbenzannulated spiroketals related to the rubromycins using a double intramolecular hetero-Michael addition (DIHMA)

The synthesis of a series of 6,6-bisbenzannulated spiroketals using a novel microwave-assisted DIHMA approach is reported. Coupling of an aryl acetylene and an aryl aldehyde via acetylide anion addition resulted in the formation of an alkynol which was followed by oxidation to the desired ynone. Spirocyclization using the DIHMA protocol afforded the desired bisbenzannulated spiroketal in good yield.     

Gold‐Catalyzed Multiple Cascade Reaction of 2‐Alkynylphenylazides with Propargyl Alcohols

An unprecedented gold‐catalyzed multiple cascade reaction between 2‐alkynyl arylazides and alkynols has been developed, allowing for the step‐economical synthesis of pyrroloindolone derivatives with a wide range of structural diversity. In this reaction, the gold complex participates in triple catalysis in tandem fashion. Moreover, the efficient chirality transfer from optically pure alkynol substrates enables facile access to chiral pyrroloindolone derivatives with two stereogenic centers, including a quaternary one, with excellent levels of optical purity.     

A sub-stoichiometric tungsten-mediated Pauson-Khand reaction: Scope and limitations

Terminal alkynes do not partake in sequential [2+2+1]/benzoannulation reactions with Fischer carbene complexes and highly reactive and sterically hindered olefins; instead, they undergo a Fischer carbene complex-catalyzed Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR). This result has allowed the development, for the first time, of a tungsten-catalyzed PKR, although of limited scope.     

炔醇选择加氢催化剂研究进展

炔醇选择加氢制备相应的烯醇在医药、农药、食品添加剂、香精、香料和聚合物单体等众多高端精细化学品合成中是一个非常重要的化工过程.通过一系列复杂的平行和连续的反应,炔醇可加氢生产若干个关键中间体.提高对烯醇的选择性和保持催化剂的效率是工业生产的关键,也是一个巨大的挑战.迄今为止,各种有效的贵金属和非贵金属催化剂得到了广泛的发展,尤其是钯基和镍基多相催化剂取得了显著进展.从经典的Lindlar催化剂和Raney-Ni催化剂到生物基金属催化新材料,本文系统综述了近几十年炔醇选择加氢催化剂的设计,从催化剂本身的金属活性中心、助剂(第二金属、有机配体和稳定剂)的作用、载体的性质(孔结构、酸碱性、金属与载体强相互作用)以及反应条件等因素对催化活性、目标产物的选择性和稳定性的影响进行了系统的综述.借助先进的表征技术、理论计算和实验研究,本文还阐述了炔醇选择加氢反应的机理.研究发现:(1)在所有贵金属催化剂中,Pd基催化剂对炔醇半加氢制烯醇的效率最高,且选择性最好.稳定剂和抑制剂的加入可以提高中间体的选择性,但在一定程度上降低了催化活性.此外,Zn,In和Cu等第二金属的掺杂可以调节金属Pd的几何效应和电子结构,从而调节底物和中间产物的吸附,并抑制过度加氢.与传统的Lindlar型催化剂相比,这种Pd基合金或金属间化合物可广泛应用于炔醇的选择性加氢反应,显著提高烯醇的选择性,且不需要引入有毒添加剂.(2)Ni基材料作为可替代贵金属催化剂,可分别实现炔醇的高选择性加氢制备烯醇或烷醇.然而,与贵金属催化剂相比,其反应条件相对苛刻.炔醇加氢产物分布很大程度上取决于助剂的引入和载体的酸性.此外,碳物种易沉积在Ni表面造成活性位点被覆盖,且在水热环境下Ni颗粒因团聚而失活,因此,用于炔醇选择加氢反应的镍基催化剂稳定性仍有待提高.尽管炔醇选择加氢反应在学术界和工业界都有广泛研究,但对于这些催化体系,特别是催化剂的结构性能关系和反应机理,仍有待进一步明确.(1)原位表征技术和理论计算的发展,将有助于人们理解炔醇选择性加氢的催化过程,并指导研究者根据炔醇加氢的特点设计出具有良好选择性的高效催化剂.(2)烯醇类产品一般应用于医药中间体和高分子单体,对产品纯度要求较高.因此,在不引入有毒添加剂的情况下,设计高效、高选择性催化剂至关重要.(3)水相或醇相中炔醇选择加氢反应对催化剂的水热稳定性有很高的要求.通过锚定和包覆来增强金属与载体的相互作用,抑制金属纳米粒子的聚集和流失是一种有效的手段.此外,在炔醇选择加氢反应中引入耐水载体可以有效提高催化剂的稳定性.(4)短碳链炔醇催化选择加氢反应一直是研究的热点.然而,关于长碳链炔醇的选择加氢反应过程,国内外报道相对较少.基于长碳链炔醇底物分子的空间位阻效应,有必要设计具有特殊孔道结构的选择加氢催化剂.(5)目前,绝大多数炔醇选择加氢过程还处于间歇性操作.随着市场对烯醇的需求不断增加,为了获得高品质的产品,连续化操作将是一个必然趋势.     

A practical and expedient synthesis of 2-heterocycle (C-N bond) substituted 4-oxo-4-arylbutanoates

A practical and expedient synthesis of the titled compounds is described. Using the same simple procedure (DBU was reacted with the mixture of an alkynol and a nitrogen heterocycle in CH₂Cl₂ at rt for 16 h), a wide variety of diverse NH-containing nucleophiles such as pyrazoles, indazoles, indoles, imidazoles and benzoimidazole, oxazolidinone and benzooxazolone, triazoles, phthalimides, and N-formyl anilines, have been reacted with 4-aryl-4-hydroxy-alkynyl esters to afford good yields of desired products. This reaction proceeded by the DBU catalyzed redox isomerization of ethyl 4-aryl-4-hydroxybut-2-ynoate to (E)-ethyl 4-aryl-4-oxobut-2-enoate, followed by the DBU catalyzed aza-Michael reactions with the isomerized product in one-pot.     

Stereoselective and versatile approach for the synthesis of gossyplure and its components

Efficient synthetic routes to gossyplure and its components (1a and 1b) were formulated. The three key units viz the alkynol 3, the bromide 5, and the alkanal 13 were derived from easily accessible starting materials. Alkylation of 3 with 5, and subsequent semihydrogenation followed by oxidation, provided the C₁₁-alkenal 8 which was subjected to a stereocontrolled Wittig reaction with a C₅-phosphonium salt, to yield directly the desired pheromone (1a + 1b). The synthesis of its individual components involved the manipulation via an acetylenic intermediate, viz the alkynol 14 which was obtained through alkylation of 3. A sequence of well-established reactions on 14, then provided the corresponding (E)- and (Z)-alkenylphosphonium salts which upon a (Z)-specific Wittig olefination with the C₇-aldehyde (13), led to the stereoselective synthesis of 1a and 1b.     

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of optically active α-hydroxyl-β,γ-unsaturated acid esters as novel side chains of cerebrosides

Six optically active α-hydroxyl-β,γ-unsaturated acid esters 1a to 1f were synthesised, and they are significant moieties of the cerebrosides. The chiral intermediate alkynol 4 prepared by catalytic asymmetric addition had 99% ee, and which was converted into the target compounds 1a to 1f with high enantiomeric purity.     

Unexpected selective monoadduct formation from 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol and α,ω-diiodoperfluorobutane

Radical chain addition of α,ω-diiodoperfluorobutane to 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol and 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol has been studied. The Huang sulfinatodehalogenation system, used as initiator, gave satisfactory conversion yields of the starting diiodide when compared to more classical initiators (AIBN, Fe, triethylborane). Addition to the alkenol yields classically the bis-adduct with variable amounts of the monoadduct. On the contrary the alkynol leads exclusively to the monoadduct formation, in high yield. Some considerations are proposed for interpreting this result. The monoadduct selectively obtained constitutes a powerful intermediate for synthesis.     

Tunable Cascade Reactions of Alkynols with Alkynes under Combined Sc(OTf)3 and Rhodium Catalysis

Two tunable cascade reactions of alkynols and alkynes have been developed by combining Sc(OTf)₃ and rhodium catalysis. In the absence of H₂O, an endo‐cycloisomerization/C? H activation cascade reaction provided 2,3‐dihydronaphtho[1,2‐b]furans in good to high yields. In the presence of H₂O, the product of alkynol hydration underwent an addition/C? H activation cascade reaction with an alkyne, which led to the formation of 4,5‐dihydro‐3H‐spiro[furan‐2,1′‐isochromene] derivatives in good yields under mild reaction conditions. Mechanistic studies of the cascade reactions indicated that the rate‐determining step involves C? H bond cleavage and that the hydration of the alkynol plays a key role in switching between the two reaction pathways.     

Stereocontrolled total synthesis of the macrocyclic lactone (−)-aspicilin

The essential features of the enantiocontrolled total synthesis of (−)-aspicilin are the strategic use of the photochemical rearrangement of α,β-epoxy diazomethyl ketones to 4-hydroxyalkenoates (Scheme 1) and the stereochemical control of the Sharpless epoxidation, α,ω functionalization of an alkynol using potassium 3-aminopropylamine (KAPA) as acetylene zipper, coupling between C₇ and C₈ by means of a Wittig reaction and lactonization by using 2,6-dichlorobenzoyl chloride.     

Musk or violet? Design, synthesis and odor of seco-derivates of a musky carotol lead

By a six-step synthetic route consisting of a Li₂MnCl₄-catalyzed coupling of branched alkyl magnesium chlorides with isovaleryl and 3,3-dimethylbutanoyl chloride, Grignard reaction of the product with ethynyl magnesium bromide, dehydration and transformation into a Grignard reagent, subsequent reaction with acetaldehyde, (E)-selective hydrogenation of the alkynol triple bond with lithium aluminum hydride, and finally pyridinium chlorochromate oxidation, four sterically highly demanding target structures were synthesized diastereoselectively. These four molecular targets were designed as seco-structures to a musky carotol lead, and their olfactory profiles that merge violet like with musky notes to different extents, provide interesting insight into structure–odor correlation.