title: Novel azido fatty acid ester derivatives from conjugated C(18) enynoate.
abstract: Methyl octadec-11Z-en-9-ynoate (1) was epoxidized to give methyl 11,12-Z-epoxy-octadec-9-ynoate (2, 81%). Acid catalyzed ring opening of the epoxy ring of compound 2 gave methyl 11,12-dihydroxy-octadec-9-ynoate (3, 80%). The latter was treated with mesyl chloride to yield methyl 11,12-dimesyloxy-octadec-9-ynoate (4, 76%). Reaction of compound 4 with sodium azide furnished methyl 11-azido-12-mesyloxy-octadec-9-ynoate (5a, 49%) and methyl 11-azido-octadec-11E-en-9-ynoate (5b, 24%). Compound 2 was semi-hydrogenated over Lindlar catalyst to give methyl 11,12-Z-epoxy-octadec-9Z-enoate (6, 90%). This allylic epoxy fatty ester (6) was reacted with sodium azide to give a mixture of methyl 11-azido-12-hydroxy-octadec-9Z-enoate (7a) and methyl 9-azido-12-hydroxy-octadec-9E-enoate (7b), which could not be separated into individual components by silica chromatography. Chromic acid oxidation of the mixture of compounds 7a and 7b furnished methyl 9-azido-12-oxo-octadec-10E-enoate (8, 42% based on amount of compound 6 used) and an intractable mixture of polar compounds. The various products were characterized by NMR spectroscopic and mass spectral analyses.
authors: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. hrsclkj@hkucc.hku.hk
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Lie Ken Jie
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Alam
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D004952:Esters / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids