title: Convenient route to both enantiomers of a highly functionalized trans-disubstituted cyclopentene. Synthesis of the carbocyclic core of the nucleoside BCA.
abstract: [structures: see text] Synthesis of both enantiomers of a highly functionalized cyclopentenol derivative, versatile building block for a vast array of biologically active compounds, is described. The key steps involve stereocontrolled synthesis of a diene with two syn-disposed substituents from a (R)-(+)-glyceraldehyde derivative, ring-closing metathesis of this diene, and functional group manipulation of the resulting trans-disubstituted cyclopentene. One of the enantiomers of the cyclopentenol thus obtained has been converted to an amino cyclopentene, the carbocyclic core of the nucleoside (-)-BCA, a potent inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors.forename: Shyamapada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Sarita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D009705:Nucleosides; C503014:bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentenyl adenine; C494075:cyclopentenyladenine; D000225:Adenine