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Heteropoly acid catalyzed cyclization of nerolidol and farnesol: Synthesis of α-bisabolol
De Meireles, Augusto L.P.,Costa, Maíra Dos Santos,Da Silva Rocha, Kelly A.,Gusevskaya, Elena V.
, p. 271 - 275 (2015/07/07)
Heteropoly acid H3PW12O40 is an active and environmentally friendly homogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of α-bisabolol, a high-priced and highly demanded ingredient for the fragrance, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, starting from more abundant biomass-based sesquiterpenic alcohols. The solvent nature remarkably affects the reaction pathways and product selectivity. In acetone solutions, α-bisabolol can be obtained in 55-60% GC yields from nerolidol and 60-70% GC yields from farnesol at complete substrate conversions, which are probably the best results ever reported for these reactions. α-Bisabolol synthesized by this method contains no farnesol, which is a potentially allergenic compound and should be avoided in the commercially used α-bisabolol. This advantage is especially important because the distillative separation of α-bisabolol and farnesol is a troublesome task. The catalyst shows high turnover numbers and operates under mild nearly ambient conditions.
Termite trail attractants: New synthesis of racemic (E)-α-, (Z)-α- and β-bisabolenes
Argenti,Bellina,Carpita,Dell'Amico,Rossi
, p. 3167 - 3188 (2007/10/02)
Racemic (E)-α-bisabolene (E)(1) was synthetized starting from 4-methyl-3-cyclohexenecarboxylic acid (3) by a reaction sequence involving the Pd(0)-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between the (E)-2-methyl-1-alkenyltrimethylstannane 8 and 3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl acetate (9). Three different procedures, in which a common precursor was used as key intermediate, were tested for the synthesis of racemic (Z)-α-bisabolene (Z)(1). The best one, which involved the reaction between bromide 18 and lithium dialkenylcuprate 19, afforded a mixture of (Z)- and (E)-1 in a 93:7 molar ratio, respectively. Finally, racemic β-bisabolene (2) was synthetized by a simple reaction sequence involving the Zr-promoted methylenation of ketone 22 prepared from 3.
Applications of the Stereochemically-Controlled Horner-Wittig Reaction: Synthesis of Feniculin, (E)-Non-6-en-1-ol, a Pheromone of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, (E)- and (Z)-Dec-5-en-1-ol, Tri-substituted Alkenes, and (Z)-α-Bisabolene
Buss, Antony D.,Greeves, Nicholas,Mason, Ralph,Warren, Stuart
, p. 2569 - 2578 (2007/10/02)
Stereoselective reduction of the appropriate α-diphenylphosphinoyl ketone or addition of the lithium derivative of an alkyl diphenylphospine oxide to an aldehyde or a ketone gives Horner-Wittig intermediates and hence the title compounds.
