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Total synthesis of enantiopure pyrrhoxanthin: Alternative methods for the stereoselective preparation of 4-alkylidenebutenolides
Vaz, Belén,Otero, Leticia,álvarez, Rosana,Delera, ángel R.
, p. 13065 - 13074 (2013/10/01)
A new stereocontrolled total synthesis of the configurationally labile C37-norcarotenoid pyrrhoxanthin in enantiopure form has been completed. A highly stereoselective Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) condensation of a C17-allylphosphonate and a C20-aldehyde was used as the last conjunctive step. Both a Sonogashira reaction to form the C 17-phosphonate and the final HWE condensation proved to be compatible with the sensitive C7-C10 enyne E configuration. Regioselective (5-exo-dig) silver-promoted lactonization reactions of three alternative pent-2-en-4-ynoic acid precursors with increased complexity, including a fully functionalized C20-fragment, were explored for the preparation of the γ-alkylidenebutenolide fragment. This survey extends the existing methodologies for the preparation of oxygen-containing carotenoids (xanthophylls) and streamlines the synthesis of additional members of the C 37-norcarotenoid butenolide family of natural products. Silver catalysis: A stereocontrolled total synthesis of enantiopure pyrrhoxanthin has been described (see scheme), using a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) condensation as the last step, providing the desired xanthophyll as a single diastereomer. Along this strategy, alkylidenebutyrolactones have been obtained regio- and stereoselectively by silver-promoted lactonization of pentenynoic acids of increasing complexity. Copyright