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Chiral preparation of polyoxygenated cyclopentanoids
Nakashima, Hiromi,Sato, Masayuki,Taniguchi, Takahiko,Ogasawara, Kunio
, p. 817 - 823 (2007/10/03)
A series of polyoxygenated cyclopentanoids, including 2,2-dimethyl- 3a,6a-dihydro-4H-cyclopenta[d][1,3]dioxol-4-one, has been prepared in both enantiomeric forms from cyclopentadiene by employing lipase-mediated kinetic resolution as the key step. Thus, cyclopentadiene is first transformed into racemic cis-4-cumyloxycyclopent-2-en-1-ol which is resolved under transesterification conditions in the presence of lipase PS. After transformation into the corresponding tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBS) ethers, each of the enantiomers is cis-dihydroxylated diastereoselectively from the less hindered face which is transformed into the 2,3-O-isopropylidene-1,4-di- O-protected (trans-1,2:cis-2,3:trans-3,4)-1,2,3,4-cyclopentanetetraol. Selective removal of the 1,4-protecting group gives the corresponding 2,3,4- O-protected cyclopentanols which are further transformed into the 2,3,4-O- protected cyclopentanones on oxidation without suffering β-elimination. Exposure of the cyclopentanones to warm acetic acid allows β-elimination to give rise to the dehydration product 2,2,-dimethyl-3a,6a-dihydro-4H- cyclopenta[d][1,3]dioxol-4-one having the corresponding chirality without losing their original chiral integrity.