title: An asymmetric synthesis of (+)-grandisol, a constituent of the aggregation pheromone of the cotton boll weevil, via a kinetic resolution.
abstract: A novel approach to the asymmetric synthesis of (+)-grandisol, (1R, 2S)-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclobutaneethanol, involves the use of catalytic kinetic resolution of a primary allylic alcohol, [(1RS, 5SR)-5-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-2-yl] methanol. The allylic alcohol is prepared in four steps from simple achiral materials involving the use of a modified Shapiro reaction. The resolved alcohol (95% ee) is then reduced in two steps to the corresponding methyl alkene, (1S,5R)-2,5-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene. This alkene is converted to (+)-grandisol (95% ee), in three steps, by modified literature procedures.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, S.A. 5005, Australia.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Hamon
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tuck
mesh_terms: D010675:Pheromones / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013729:Terpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones; D013729:Terpenes; C013009:grandisol