Intermolecular radical cation Diels-Alder (RCDA) reaction of bicyclooctadienes: biomimetic formal total synthesis of kingianin A and total syntheses of kingianins D, F, H, and J

J Org Chem. 2014 Feb 7;79(3):919-26. doi: 10.1021/jo402082y. Epub 2014 Jan 17.

Abstract

Three endo bicyclooctadienol dimers corresponding to kingianins A and H, D, and F and J were obtained by the intermolecular radical cation Diels-Alder (RCDA) reaction. Each isomer was cleanly isolated without the aid of preparative HPLC. Kingianins D, F, H, and J were prepared by way of these intermediates from commercially available materials in 10, 13, 9, and 17 steps, respectively. Kingianin A has already been prepared from one of these compounds. Completion of the synthesis of kingianin H relied on Manchand's one-step, three-carbon homologation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / chemistry*
  • Cations / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / chemical synthesis*
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
  • Cations
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • kingianin A