Synlett 2002(1): 0105-0109
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-19318
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of the Supposed Structure of Cladocoran A and B

I. S. Marcos*a, A. B. Pedreroa, M. J. Sexmeroa, D. Dieza, P. Basabea, F. A. Hernándeza, H. B. Broughtonb, J. G. Uronesa
a Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de los Caídos 1-5, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Fax: +34(923)294574; e-Mail: ismarcos@usal.es;
b Merck Sharp and Dohme, Harlow, Essex, UK
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Received 25 June 2001
Publication Date:
01 February 2007 (online)

Abstract

The proposed structures of cladocoran A and B, sesterterpenoid γ-hydroxybutenolides, were synthesized from ent-halimic acid.

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Crystal data for 11: C21H32O3, M = 332.47, orthorhombic, space group P212121 (nº 19). a = 7.6504(15), b = 8.771(2), c = 28.694(6) Å, V = 1925.4(7) Å3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.147 mg/m3, m (Cu-Kα) = 0.075 mm-1, F(000) = 728. Data (3609 collected reflections, and 3331 unique reflections [I > 2sigma (I)]) were measured on a Seifert 3003 SC rotating anode diffractometer with Cu-Kα radiation (graphite monochromator) using 2θ-ω scans at 268 K. The structure was solved by direct methods and the non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically by full-matrix least squares based on F2 to give the agreement factors R1 =& nbsp;0.0669, wR2 = 0.1527. Computations were carried on a Digital Alphastation 500 using the SHELXTLΤ Μ program. Crystallographic data for the structure of 11 in this paper have been deposited at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication no. CCDC 163376. Copies of the data can be obtained, free of charge, on application to CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, (UK), (fax: +44(1223)336033 or e-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk).

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The assignments for the spectra, 1H NMR and 13C NMR for 1 and 2 were done by bidimensional experiments HMQC and HMBC. Spectroscopic and physical data for the mixture of α- and β-epimers at C20 in 1: Rf = 0.41 (hexane-EtOAc, 7:3, v/v); [α]D: +20.0 (c 0.47, CHCl3); UV/Vis (EtOH): λmax = 207 nm (ε 8500); IR(film): νmax 3422, 3071, 3051, 2938, 2870, 1794, 1771, 1719, 1653, 1458, 1373, 1250, 1123, 1038, 939, 885 cm-1; MS (EI): m/z (%) = 444(1) [M+], 384(8), 340(13), 301(25), 259(44), 173(58), 105(62), 81(57); HRMS: m/z calcd for C27H40O5: 444.2876; found: 444.2911. Data for major epimer: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ = 5.99 (1 H, d, J = 9.4 Hz, H-20), 5.92 (1 H, s, H-21), 5.46 (1 H, m, H-10), 5.29 (1 H, dd, J = 3.0, 7.0 Hz, H-18), 4.94 (1 H, d, J = 9.4 Hz, OH), 4.70 (1 H, s, HA-3), 4.66 (1 H, s, HB-3), 2.56 (1 H, dd, J = 7.0, 15.2 Hz, HA-17), 2.01 (3 H, s, -OOCMe), 1.97 (2 H, t, J = 7.2 Hz, H-4), 1.88 (2 H, m, H-13), 1.87 (1 H, m, H-12), 1.82 and 1.37 (1 H, m ea, H-14), 1.71 (3 H, s, Me-1), 1.60 (1 H, dd, J = 3.0, 15.2 Hz, HB-17), 1.57 (2 H, m, H-9), 1.56 (1 H, m, H-15), 1.41 and 1.19 (1 H, m ea, H-8), 1.35 and 1.23 (1 H, m ea, H-5), 1.28 and 1.21 (1 H, m ea, H-6), 0.97 (3 H, s, Me-25), 0.84 (3 H, d, J = 7.2 Hz, Me-24), 0.80 (3 H, s, Me-23); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz): δ = 22.4 (C-1), 146.0 (C-2), 109.7 (C-3), 38.5 (C-4), 21.5 (C-5), 40.2 (C-6), 34.2 (C-7), 31.7 (C-8), 21.7 (C-9), 121.8 (C-10), 140.1 (C-11), 41.7 (C-12), 22.7 (C-13), 28.4 (C-14), 38.6 (C-15), 42.4 (C-16), 43.1 (C-17), 67.7 (C-18), 168.8 (C-19), 97.7 (C-20), 117.9 (C-21), 169.5 (C-22), 21.5 (C-23), 15.5 (C-24), 23.8 (C-25), 171.2 (-OOCMe), 21.0 (-OOCMe). Data for minor epimer: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ = 6.20 (1 H, br s, H-20), 5.96 (1 H, s, H-21), 5.46 (1 H, m, H-10), 5.44 (1 H, dd, J = 3.0, 8.0 Hz, H-18), 4.70 (1 H, s, HA-3), 4.66 (1 H, s, HB-3), 4.38 (1 H, br s, OH), 2.38 (1 H, dd, J = 8.0, 15.2 Hz, HA-17), 2.03 (3 H, s, -OOCMe), 1.97 (2 H, t, J = 7.2 Hz, H-4), 1.92 (1 H, m, H-12), 1.88 (2 H, m, H-13), 1.88 and 1.42 (1 H, m ea, H-14), 1.83 (1 H, dd, J = 3.0, 15.2 Hz, HB-17), 1.71 (3 H, s, Me-1), 1.57 (2 H, m, H-9), 1.56 (1 H, m, H-15), 1.33 and 1.09 (1 H, m ea, H-8), 1.35 and 1.23 (1 H, m ea, H-5), 1.28 and 1.21 (1 H, m ea, H-6), 0.97 (3 H, s, Me-25), 0.84 (3 H, d, J = 7.2 Hz, Me-24), 0.80 (3 H, s, Me-23); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz): δ = 22.4 (C-1), 146.0 (C-2), 109.7 (C-3), 38.5 (C-4), 21.5 (C-5), 40.2 (C-6), 34.2 (C-7), 31.9 (C-8), 21.7 (C-9), 121.1 (C-10), 140.1 (C-11), 41.4 (C-12), 22.7 (C-13), 28.2 (C-14), 38.6 (C-15), 42.4 (C-16), 42.4 (C-17), 67.3 (C-18), 167.8 (C-19), 97.9 (C-20), 118.8 (C-21), 169.5 (C-22), 21.5 (C-23), 15.5 (C-24), 23.5 (C-25), 171.2 (-OOCMe), 21.0 (-OOCMe). Spectroscopic and physical data for the mixture of α- and β-epimers at C20 in 2: Rf = 0.45 (hexane-EtOAc, 6:4, v/v); [α]D: +98.9 (c 0.64, CHCl3); UV/Vis (EtOH): λmax = 205 nm (ε 8600); IR(film): νmax 3378, 3074, 3052, 2938, 1753, 1649, 1451, 1377, 1263, 1136, 953, 885, 739 cm-1; MS (FAB) m/z (%) = 403(6) [M+ +1], 385(12), 367(16), 259(34), 154(100), 91(58); HRMS (FAB) m/z calcd for [C25H38O4 + H]+: 403.2848; found: 403.2823. Data for major: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ = 6.06 (1 H, d, J = 6.8 Hz, H-20), 6.02 (1 H, br s, H-21), 5.66 (1 H, m, H-10), 4.80 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 1.8 Hz, H-18), 4.71 (1 H, s, HA-3), 4.67 (1 H, s, HB-3), 4.50 (1 H, d, J = 6.8 Hz, OH), 2.81 (1 H, d, J = 1.8 Hz, OH), 2.56 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 14.0 Hz, HA-17), 2.16 (1 H, m, H-12), 2.06 (2 H, m, H-9), 1.97 (2 H, m, H-4), 1.71 (3 H, s, Me-1), 1.59 (2 H, m, H-13), 1.58 (1 H, m, H-15), 1.42 (2 H, m, H-5), 1.39 and 1.16 (1 H, m ea, H-8), 1.35 (2 H, m, H-14), 1.34 (1 H, d, J = 14.0 Hz, HB-17), 1.23 and 1.18 (1 H, m ea, H-6), 1.11 (3 H, s, Me-25), 0.83 (3 H, d, J = 7.0 Hz, Me-24), 0.82 (3 H, s, Me-23); 13C (CDCl3, 100 MHz): = δ 22.3 (C-1), 146.4 (C-2), 109.6 (C-3), 38.5 (C-4), 21.3 (C-5), 39.4 (C-6), 34.1 (C-7), 31.3 (C-8), 22.8 (C-9), 122.7 (C-10), 143.6 (C-11), 41.1 (C-12), 22.7 (C-13), 28.3 (C-14), 40.5 (C-15), 42.7 (C-16), 44.9 (C-17), 66.8 (C-18), 171.1 (C-19), 97.3 (C-20), 117.1 (C-21), 170.6 (C-22), 21.3 (C-23), 15.4 (C-24), 22.1 (C-25). Data for minor: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ = 6.20 (1 H, d, J = 6.8 Hz, H-20), 5.96 (1 H, br s, H-21), 5.66 (1 H, m, H-10), 4.76 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 1.8 Hz, H-18), 4.69 (1 H, s, HA-3), 4.65 (1 H, s, HB-3), 4.50 (1 H, d, J = 6.8 Hz, OH), 2.86 (1 H, d, J = 1.8 Hz, OH), 2.56 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 14.0 Hz, HA-17), 2.11 (1 H, m, H-12), 2.06 (2 H, m, H-9), 1.97 (2 H, m, H-4), 1.69 (3 H, s, Me-1), 1.59 (2 H, m, H-13), 1.58 (1 H, m, H-15),1.57 (1 H, d, J = 14.0 Hz, HB-17), 1.42 (2 H, m, H-5), 1.46 and 1.23 (1 H, m ea, H-8), 1.40 (2 H, m, H-14), 1.23 and 1.18 (1 H, m ea, H-6), 1.09 (3 H, s, Me-25), 0.83 (3 H, d, J = 7.0 Hz, Me-24), 0.82 (3 H, s, Me-23); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz): δ = 22.3 (C-1), 146.1 (C-2), 109.7 (C-3), 38.5 (C-4), 21.3 (C-5), 39.5 (C-6), 34.1 (C-7), 31.3 (C-8), 22.8 (C-9), 122.6 (C-10), 143.8 (C-11), 41.4 (C-12), 22.7 (C-13), 28.3 (C-14), 40.4 (C-15), 42.5 (C-16), 44.2 (C-17), 66.3 (C-18), 169.8 (C-19), 97.8 (C-20), 117.5 (C-21), 170.7 (C-22), 21.4 (C-23), 15.4 (C-24), 22.2 (C-25).