Asymmetric Synthesis of Oxygenated Monoterpenoids of Importance for Bark Beetle Ecology

J Nat Prod. 2020 Nov 25;83(11):3332-3337. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00669. Epub 2020 Nov 10.

Abstract

Herein we report the asymmetric syntheses of a number of oxygenated terpenoids that are of importance in the chemical ecology of bark beetles. These are pinocamphones, isopinocamphones, pinocarvones, and 4-thujanols (= sabinene hydrates). The camphones were synthesized from isopinocampheol, the pinocarvones from β-pinene, and the thujanols from sabinene. The NMR spectroscopic data, specific rotations, and elution orders of their stereoisomers on a chiral GC-phase (β-cyclodextrin) are also reported. This enables facile synthesis of pure compounds for biological activity studies and identification of stereoisomers in mixed natural samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coleoptera / physiology*
  • Ecology*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Molecular Structure
  • Monoterpenes / chemistry*
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Plant Bark / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Monoterpenes
  • Oxygen