An Effective Method for the Preparation of Chiral Polyoxy 8-Membered Ring Enone Corresponding to the B Ring of Taxol

Abstract

Abstract An effective method for the preparation of 8-membered ring enone, (4S,5R,7R,8R)-4,8-bis(benzyloxy)-7-(t-butyldimethylsiloxy)-5-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)-2,6,6-trimethylcyclooct-2-enone (1), in sufficient quantities was developed. Optically active trioxy aldehyde, (3R,4S)-4-benzyloxy-5-(t-butyldimethylsiloxy)-3-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)-2,2-dimethylpentanal (3), was prepared first by diastereoselective dihydroxylation of (2R,4S)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-4-vinyl-1,3-dioxane derived from D-pantolactone. Next, 8-chloro-7-oxoaldehyde, (2R,3R,5R,6R)-2,6-bis(benzyloxy)-5-(t-butyldimethylsiloxy)-8-chloro-3-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)-4,4-dimethyl-7-oxononanal (30), was newly synthesized by the following reactions: i) MgBr2•OEt2-mediated diastereoselective aldol reaction of the aldehyde 3 with (Z)-2-benzyloxy-1-methoxy-1-(trimethylsiloxy)ethene and ii) reaction of methyl (2R,3R,5R,6S)-2,6-bis(benzyloxy)-3,7-bis(t-butyldimethylsiloxy)-5-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)-4,4-dimethylheptanoate with 1,1-dichloroethyllithium, followed by successive reductive dehalogenation of thus formed 1,1-dichloroethyl ketone with 1,1-dichloroethyllithium. Then, the chiral 8-chloro-7-oxoaldehyde 30 was converted to the 8-membered ring enone 1 by SmI2-mediated aldol cyclization.