Synthetic Studies on the Synthesis of Toxicodenane A and 8,11- epi-Toxicodenane A

J Org Chem. 2022 Mar 4;87(5):3223-3233. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02928. Epub 2022 Jan 18.

Abstract

The diverse synthesis of oxatricyclotridecanes and oxatricyclododecanes, which are the core structures of toxicodenane A and its skeletal analogues, via a unified manner is presented. The stereochemistry at the bridgehead position of the oxa-bridged bicycle could be efficiently controlled through a diastereoselective anti- and syn-Grignard allylation reaction by appropriately tuning the reaction conditions such as the solvent, the counterion of the Grignard reagent, the substrate, or a combination of these. The ring size could be precisely elaborated via a Lewis acid-mediated intramolecular transacetalation and Prins cyclization cascade reaction by varying the steric hindrance of olefin moiety. Namely, substrates bearing a terminally unsubstituted olefinic functionality afforded oxatricyclotridecanes with an overwhelming preference, while those bearing a dimethyl-substituted olefinic group produced exclusively oxatricyclododecanes. The wide utility and generality of the above key transformations are highlighted by the applications in the unified synthesis of (±)-toxicodenance A, (+)-toxicodenane A, (+)-8,11-epi-toxicodenane A, and other oxatricyclic cores with different stereochemistries and ring sizes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkenes*
  • Cyclization
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Lewis Acids*
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Alkenes
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Lewis Acids
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • toxicodenane A