title: A general enantioselective approach to jasmonoid fragrances: synthesis of (+)-(1R,2S)-methyl dihydrojasmonate and (+)-(1R,2S)-magnolione.
abstract: Methyl dihydrojasmonate 1 and magnolione 3 are of both academic and industrial interest. In this paper, we describe a flexible, high-yielding route to diastereomerically pure (+)-cis-(1R,2S)-methyl dihydrojasmonate 1 and the first synthesis of (+)-cis-(1R,2S)-magnolione 3, both with enantiomeric excesses up to 93%. The two syntheses diverged from the same advanced intermediate 5, readily available from the enantioenriched hydroxymethyl delta-lactone (-)-(3aS,4S,6aR)-6. The olfactory properties of (1R,2S)-1 and (1R,2S)-3 are reported.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica, Università di Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 10-27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidari
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanoni
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010476:Perfume / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D010476:Perfume; C501951:magnolione; C501952:methyldihydrojasmonate