305791-05-3Relevant articles and documents
Asymmetric allylboration and ring closing alkene metathesis: A novel strategy for the synthesis of glycosphingolipids
Barrett, Anthony G. M.,Beall, Jennifer C.,Braddock, D. Christopher,Flack, Kevin,Gibson, Vernon C.,Salter, Matthew M.
, p. 6508 - 6514 (2000)
A novel strategy for the synthesis of D,L-glucosylceramide 1, a member of the glycosphingolipid class of natural products is described. Reagent-controlled asymmetric Brown allylboration gave excellent stereochemical control in the construction of adjacent stereocenters in the sphingoid base portion of the molecule. The trans-configured double bond was obtained as a single geometrical isomer by use of silicon-tethered olefin metathesis employing the Schrock carbene [(CF3)2MeCO]2Mo-(= CHCMe2Ph)(= NC6H3-2,6-i-Pr2) and in situ PhLi-induced ring-opening of the intermediate 5,6-dihydro-2H-1,2-oxasiline followed by protodesilylation with TBAF in DMSO. The synthesis was completed by long chain amide formation and global deprotection.