Preparation of a Bicyclic Analog of Qinghao (Artemisinic) Acid via a Lewis Acid Catalyzed Ionic Diels-Alder Reaction Involving a Hydroxy Diene and Cyclic Enone and Facile Conversion into (±)-6,9-Desdimethylqinghaosu

Richard K. Haynes, Geoffrey R. King, Simone C. Vonwiller

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Abstract

Treatment of 6-methylcyclohex-2-enone (8) and hexa-3,5-dien-1-ol (14) either in dichloromethane at -20 to 0 °C with aluminum chloride (1 equiv) or in acetonitrile at -20 °C with Cu(II) trifluoromethanesulfonate (1 equiv) rapidly provides in a highly stereoselective reaction the hemiacetal Diels-Alder adduct 15, which with a trans ring junction and anti methyl group is considered to arise via an ionic Gassman-type Diels-Alder reaction involving prior formation of a hemiacetal between the alcohol and enone followed by generation of an allylic cation from the hemiacetal mediated by the Lewis acid. The adduct 15 is then converted in straightforward fashion into the methyl ester of the desdimethyl analogue of qinghao (artemisinic) acid, which upon sequential photosensitized oxygenation and then Fe(phen)3(PF6)3/copper(II) triflate catalyzed cleavage—oxygenation provides (±)-6,9-desdimethylqinghaosu.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4743-4748
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume59
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01 Aug 1994

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