Total synthesis of flavocommelin, a component of the blue supramolecular pigment from Commelina communis, on the basis of direct 6-C-glycosylation of flavan.
We succeeded in a first total synthesis of flavocommelin (1), a component of the blue supramolecular pigment, commelinin (2), from Commelina communis, by direct 6-C-glycosylation of the flavan 4 using perbenzylglucosyl fluoride 8 in the presence of MS 5 angstroms in CH2Cl2 and a catalytic amount of BF3 x Et2O. After 6-C-glycosylation of 4, oxidation with CAN to flavanone 18 and subsequent 4'-O-glycosylation, promoted with a combination of BF3 x Et2O and DTBMP, afforded diglucosylflavanone 20. DDQ oxidation of 20 and deprotection successively gave 1.
Chemical Instrument Center and Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
Kin-Ichi
K
Oyama
Tadao
T
Kondo
D034822:Commelina / Q000737:chemistry*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006031:Glycosylation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
D005419:Flavonoids; D010860:Pigments, Biological; C488883:flavocommelin