ISSN:
0947-3440
Keywords:
Ipomea operculata M
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Operculinic acid
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Absolute configurations
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3,12-Dihydroxyhexadecanoic acids
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Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The relative and absolute configuration of (+)-3,12-dihydroxypalmitic acid, a constituent of the Ipomea operculata M. resin, has been determined by synthesis. Dimethyl L-malate was converted via (S)-(+)-1 into the oxirane (S)-(-)-2. Reaction of (-)-2 with the Grignard reagent of 8-benzyloxybromooctane provided (S)-(+)-3 in 84% yield, and this was converted into the aldehyde (S)-(-)-6 via (S)-(-)-4 and (S)-(-)-5. Reaction with the lithium enolate of methyl acetate gave 7 and 8, which could be converted via 9 and 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14 into the lactones (4S,13S)-(+)-15 and (4R,13S)-(+)-16 and finally into the methyl esters (3S,12S)-(+)-17 and (3R,12S)-(+)-18 and acids (-)-19 and (+)-20. The erythro configuration of (+)-17 was established by a stereoselective synthesis starting from (S)-(-)-2 via (S)-(+)-21, (+)-22, (+)-23, the Grignard reagent of (+)-24 and (R)-(+)-2-(2-benzyloxyethyl)oxirane to give (3S,12S)-(-)-25, (-)-26, (+)-27 and (+)-28, which could be oxidized to the diacetoxy acid (3S,12S)-(+)-29. Saponification and esterification gave (3S,12S)-(-)-19 and (3S,12S)-(+)-17, with properties identical to those of (+)-17 obtained from the resin glycoside.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jlac.199619961226
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