CC BY 4.0 · SynOpen 2024; 08(01): 39-46
DOI: 10.1055/a-2236-0803
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Synthesis of a Propellane-Type 5/5/6-Tricyclic System by Tandem-Metathesis: A New Approach to a Quadranoid Skeleton

Sambasivarao Kotha
,
Ramakrishna Reddy Keesari


Abstract

We disclose a useful synthetic method for preparing the propellane-type 5/5/6-tricyclic system that is present in diquinane-based natural products such as quadrone, terrecyclic acid A, or terrecyclol. The method involves an LDA-mediated regio- and stereoselective allylation and a tandem metathesis as key steps. The target molecules were assembled in just two steps starting from a readily available building block, a 3β-vinyl tricyclic ketone prepared from endo-dicyclopentadiene-1-one. All the compounds prepared were characterized by NMR analyses and/or chemical methods. The synthetic methods demonstrated here are useful in syntheses of quadranoid-type natural products.

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Publication History

Received: 22 October 2023

Accepted after revision: 04 December 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
28 December 2023

Article published online:
17 January 2024

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