A CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF (2R,8R)-8-METHYL-2-DECANOL AND ITS 2S EPIMER, THE PARENT ALCOHOLS OF ROOTWORM PHEROMONES

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作者
CHATTOPADHYAY, S [1 ]
MAMDAPUR, VR [1 ]
CHADHA, MS [1 ]
机构
[1] BHABHA ATOM RES CTR,DIV BIOORGAN,BOMBAY 400085,INDIA
关键词
DIABROTICA; STEREOCONTROL; INVERSION; TEMPLATE; CHIRAL BUILDING BLOCKS;
D O I
10.1002/chir.530030114
中图分类号
R914 [药物化学];
学科分类号
100701 ;
摘要
A highly stereospecific synthesis of the title compound (2R,8R)-8-methyl-2-decanol (I) has been devised via 16 simple steps. The required chirons (5 and 11) were prepared from easily accessible templates viz. (R)-methyl citronellate and (S)-glutamic acid. This on Grignard coupling furnished the ketal (12) which was converted to the desired epoxide (14) and subsequently reduced to furnish the alcohol (2R,8R)-I. Its corresponding (2S)-epimer was prepared by total stereoselective inversion of its C-2 center. The title compounds are the parent alcohols of the pheromone components of the female rootworms.
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