Stereoselective Synthesis of (±)-α-Kainic Acid Using Free Radical Key Reactions
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Vol. 61 (20) , 7116-7124
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jo9607875
Abstract
Thiol-mediated free radical isomerization of a deliberately substituted but-3-enyl isocyanide 12a, and n-Bu(3)SnH/AIBN-mediated free radical cyclization of a deliberately substituted but-3-enyl isothiocyanate 22, afforded, respectively, the (ethylthio)pyrroline 13a and the thiopyroglutamates 5 and 23. Reduction, protection, and deprotection of these heterocyclic compounds afforded proline derivatives 6 and 25 which contain all the structural elements of alpha-kainic acid (1) except the C-2 acetic acid moiety. These intermediates were stereospecifically converted into (+/-)-alpha-kainic acid using a new method of temporary sulfur connection. Accordingly, CH(2)CO(2)Me is linked to the chiral isopropenyl anchor and then intramolecularly connected to the pyrrolidine ring and eventually disconnected from its anchor by a sequential reductive double elimination process in which the isopropenyl double bond is restored.Keywords
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