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Studies toward the structural elucidation of a natural diidro-2H-piranone

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Author(s):
Mayra Beloti Salvador
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: Campinas, SP.
Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química
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Examining board members:
Ronaldo Aloise Pilli; Alcindo Aparecido dos Santos; Carlos Roque Duarte Correia
Advisor: Ronaldo Aloise Pilli
Abstract

This work describes the preliminary studies on the racemic and the asymmetric synthesis of Cryptomoscatone D2 based on sequential allylation reactions for the construction of its three stereogenic centers and ring-closing methatesis reaction to construct the lactone scaffold. Besides allowing the structure elucidation of the molecule isolated from a typical brazilian plant by the research groups of Profs. Cavalheiro and Yoshida, the synthesis of such a lactone would allow us to carry new cytotoxic studies which are being lately developed with this class of compound. The synthesis started with the allylation reaction of benzyloxyacetaldehyde under the conditions described by Keck and coworkers to furnish corresponding homoallylic alcohol. After an oxidative cleavage of the double bond, an InCl3 promoted allylation reaction allowed the preparation a 1:1 mixture of syn/anti homoallylic alcohols which were as the TBS ethers and submitted separately to double bond oxidative cleavages. These aldehydes were used as substrates for another allylation reaction with BF3.Et2O and allyltri-n-butyltin and the homolallylic alcohols (2:1 diatereoisomeric mixtures) were converted to the corresponding acrylates in order to carry out the planned RCM reaction. Several allylation reactions were tested and the homoallylic alcohols were prepared in 1:1 diasteroisomeric excesses. Efforts will be carried out in order to enhance the distereoselectivity of the allylation reactions for an efficient approach to Cryptomoscatone D2 (12) backbone (AU)