title: Thiopyran route to polypropionates: an efficient synthesis of serricornin.
abstract: The synthesis of serricornin [(4S,6S,7S)-7-hydroxy-4,6-dimethylnonan-3-one], a sex pheromone produced by the female cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne F.), in seven steps from readily available racemic 1,4-dioxa-8-thiaspiro[4.5]decane-6-carboxaldehyde (6) is described. The key steps include enantioselective aldol reaction of 6 with tetrahydrothiopyran-4-one catalyzed by 5-[(2S)-pyrrolidine-2-yl]-1H-tetrazole to fabricate the tetrapropionate skeleton, stereoselective Li(s)Bu(3)BH reduction of the resulting aldol adduct, Barton-McCombie deoxygenation, and Raney nickel desulfurization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5C9, Canada. dale.ward@usask.ca
authors.forename: Dale E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jheengut
authors.forename: Garrison E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Beye
mesh_terms: D007659:Ketones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011422:Propionates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011714:Pyrans / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D011422:Propionates; D011714:Pyrans; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C522033:thiopyran; C101372:serricornin