title: [Total synthesis of an analogue of schizandrin].
abstract: A schizandrin analogue 9, 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12-hexamethoxy-6,7-dihydroxy-cis-6,7-dimethyl dibenzocyclooctadiene, is one of the metabolites of schizandrin with comparable anti-convulsion activity. In this paper, compound 9 was synthesized from gallic acid through the following sequence of reactions: methylation, Henry condensation, reduction with Fe-FeCl3-HCl, intermolecular reductive coupling and intramolecular nonphenolic oxidative coupling, totally in seven steps. The intermediate 1,4-diaryl-2,3-dimethyl-2,3-butanediol (7) which is a mixture of erythro and threo isomers was converted by DDQ in TFA into compound 9 and another new compound 10 via a different reaction path.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D051379:Mice; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C070768:1,2,3,10,11,12-hexamethoxy-6,7-dihydroxy-6,7-dimethyldibenzocyclooctadiene