The Ozonolysis of Longifolene: A Tool for the Preparation of Useful Chiral Compounds. Configuration Determination of New Stereogenic Centers by NMR Spectroscopy and X‐Ray Crystallography |
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Authors: | Vladimir Dimitrov Gudrun HoppRentsch Anthony Linden Manfred Hesse |
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Institution: | Vladimir Dimitrov,Gudrun Hopp?Rentsch,Anthony Linden,Manfred Hesse |
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Abstract: | The ozonolysis of (+)‐longifolene ( 1 ) in different solvents (Et2O, CH2Cl2, CHCl3, acetone) at ?80° provided quantitatively longifolene epoxide ( 3 ) as a single diastereoisomer in which the O‐atom is endo‐positioned (Scheme 2). Upon warming to room temperature, the epoxide remained stable only in acetone and was isolated as a low‐melting crystalline compound. In CH2Cl2, Et2O, or CHCl3 solution, epoxide 3 rapidly rearranged to the isomeric enols 4 and 5 , which underwent further rearrangement to give the exo‐aldehyde 6 . On standing for several weeks in CH2Cl2 solution, or in CHCl3 and Et2O as well, at room temperature, aldehyde 6 slowly rearranged into its epimer 7 . The aldehydes 6 and 7 were isolated on the preparative scale for further synthetic use. The addition of methylmagnesium iodide to 6 and 7 provided the corresponding alcohols 13 / 14 and 15 / 16 , respectively, which were isolated as pure diastereoisomers (Scheme 4). The configurations of the new chiral centers in 13 – 16 were determined by NMR methods and X‐ray crystallography. |
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