Total Synthesis of Highly Oxygenated Bisabolane Sesquiterpene Isolated from Ligularia lankongensis: Relative and Absolute Configurations of the Natural Product

J Org Chem. 2018 Jan 19;83(2):703-715. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02688. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

Abstract

The relative and absolute configurations of an oxygenated bisabolane natural product, isolated from Ligularia lankongensis, were determined by synthesis. All four possible stereoisomers and their tiglate analogues were synthesized from R-(-)-carvone, and their 1H and 13C NMR spectra were compared to establish the 6R,8S,10S configuration. The stereoselective synthesis of the natural product was also achieved, featuring Brown allylation, vanadium-catalyzed epoxidation, and the Mitsunobu reaction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asteraceae / chemistry*
  • Biological Products / chemical synthesis*
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Vanadium / chemistry

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Vanadium
  • Oxygen