Synthesis ofS-(+)-hydroprene

A novel path toS-(+)-hydroprene (1) starting from the technical gradeS-(+)-dihydromyrcene (2, e.e. 50%) is proposed. The latter was selectively transformed intoS-3,7-dimethyloctanal (5) in three steps including hydroalumination. The reactions of5 with allyl- or methallylmagnesium chloride followed, respectively, either by oxygenation in the presence of PdCl₂/CuCl or by ozonolysis, affordS,E-6,10-dimethyl-3-undecen-2-one (7) which was treated with ethoxyethynylmagnesium bromide to give the title juvenile hormone analogue in 23% overall yield.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No 1, pp. 110–112, January, 1993.     

保幼激素类似物11-甲氧基-3,7,11-三甲基-2,4-十二碳二烯酸异丙酯的简便全合成

从价廉的丙酮出发,首先经羟醛缩合、脱水、氧化、酯化、溴代反应合成了4-溴-3-甲基-2-丁烯酸异丙酯,继而与亚磷酸三乙酯反应得到了Wittig-Homer试剂,随后与香茅醛发生Wittig-Horner反应,最后在阳离子树脂催化作用下与甲醇醚化,成功地全合成了具有保幼激素活性的昆虫生长调节剂11-甲氧基-3,7,11-三甲基-2,4-十二碳二烯酸异丙酯.所得标题化合物的四种异构体中,具有较高生物活性的(2E,4E)-异构体的含量达66%.各步所合成化合物的结构经1H NMR,IR,MS分析确证.