title: Total syntheses of (-)-methyl atis-16-en-19-oate, (-)-methyl kaur-16-en-19-oate, and (-)-methyl trachyloban-19-oate by a combination of palladium-catalyzed cycloalkenylation and homoallyl-homoallyl radical rearrangement.
abstract: Asymmetric total syntheses of (-)-methyl atis-16-en-19-oate (1c), (-)-methyl kaur-16-en-19-oate (2c), and (-)-methyl trachyloban-19-oate (3c) have been achieved by employing a hybrid strategy of palladium-catalyzed cycloalkenylation and homoallyl-homoallyl radical rearrangement. The common synthetic intermediate 5 was prepared from 2-allylcyclohexanone (4) with 98% ee using d'Angelo's asymmetric Michael addition. A series of functional group modifications in 5 via palladium-catalyzed cycloalkenylation led to (+)-14, which had already been prepared by us as racemate. (-)-Methyl atis-16-ene-19-oate (1c) was generated via homoallyl-homoallyl radical rearrangement. On the other hand, Wolff-Kishner reduction of 18 followed by esterification yielded (-)-methyl kaur-16-en-19-oate (2c) together with (-)-methyl trachyloban-19-oate (3c).
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ihara
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004224:Diterpenes; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D010165:Palladium