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Synthetic Studies on Acorane-Alaskane Sesquiterpenes. II. Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Acorenone
Iwata, Chuzo,Fusaka, Takafumi,Maezaki, Naoyoshi,Nakamura, Shizou,Shinoo, Yasutaka,et al.
, p. 1638 - 1645 (2007/10/02)
The metal-ammonia reduction of the cyclopentabenzofuran derivative (2b) afforded a mixture of 4-epi-β-acorenol (5), a disubstituted olefin (8) as the main product, and a perhydro compound (9).Compound 8 was converted to 5 via the exo-diene (15).Dehydration of 5 afforded the 4-epi-β-acoradiene (6), selective reduction of which gave the monoolefin (7), and then the allylic oxidation of 7 gave (+/-)-acorenone (3) in good yield.Keywords - acorane-alaskane sesquiterpene; acorenone; cyclopentabenzofuran; total synthesis; 4-epi-β-acorenol; 4-epi-α-acorenol; 4-epi-β-acoradiene; metal-ammonia reduction; conjugate reduction; terminal olefin reduction.