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Synlett 2004(15): 2693-2696  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-835634
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An Anionic Polycondensation Strategy for the Synthesis of Dibenzo­xanthenones: Progress Toward the Synthesis of Hypoxyxylerone

Emmanuel Chevenier, Christophe Lucatelli, Urvish Pandya, Wei Wang, Yves Gimbert*, Andrew E. Greene
Université Joseph Fourier, Chimie Recherche (LEDSS), 38041 Grenoble, France
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Received 16 August 2004
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08 November 2004 (online)

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Abstract

An anionic polycondensation has been used as the key step in a highly convergent strategy for the preparation of hypoxy­xylerone derivatives.

Key words

antitumor agents - condensation - heterocycles - natural products - total synthesis

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Crystal data for 8: C21H12O3 monoclinic. P21/n; a = 7.729 (1) Å, b = 8.127 (3) Å, c = 23.067 (3) Å; β = 95.95 (1)°; V = 1441.1 (5) Å3; D = 1.44 gcm-3; µ = 0.96 cm-1; λ = 0.71073 Å. 2θ max = 48°. 2501 measured reflections, 2440 independent reflections; 220 parameters. Reflections/parameters ratio: 6.8; R [I>1.1σ(I)] = 5.8%; wR [all data] = 5.8%. G. O. F. (all data) = 1.54. Full lists of fractional atomic co-ordinates, bond lengths and angles, and thermal parameters have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication no. CCDC-247512.

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Procedure for the Preparation of 4 - Polycondensation of 11 and 15b: To a stirred suspension of pentane-washed NaH (79 mg, 3.29 mmol, from a 60% dispersion in mineral oil) in anhyd THF (2.5 mL) under argon at 0 °C was added dropwise a solution of 15b (130 mg, 0.45 mmol) in THF (5.0 mL). The mixture was stirred at 25 °C for 1 h before the addition of a solution of homophthalate 11 (204 mg, 0.76 mmol) in THF (3.5 mL). The resultant mixture was stirred at 25 °C for 2 h and then heated at 80 °C for 20 h (pressure tube). The solution was cooled and aq HCl (6 N) was added, and the resultant mixture was extracted with CHCl3. After the usual workup, the product was flash chromatographed (SiO2, EtOAc in pentane, 30-50%) to give a mixture of 4 and 16 (12% and 25%, respectively, NMR), which was heated in H2O-toluene 5:1 (12 mL) at 180 °C for 16 h (pressure tube). The cooled solution was worked up in the usual way with CHCl3 to afford a solid product, which was triturated with Et2O and filtered to give 4 (79 mg, 37%) as an orange solid. Mp 268-269 °C (CHCl3). IR (neat): 3411, 1649, 1620, 1602 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 3.62 (s, 3 H), 3.89 (s, 3 H), 3.90 (s, 3 H), 3.98 (s, 3 H), 4.04 (s, 3 H), 5.16 (s, 2 H), 6.32 (d, J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.52 (d, J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.57 (d, J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.70 (d, J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.98 (s, 1 H), 7.65 (s, 1 H). 13C NMR (75.4 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 55.5 (CH3), 55.6 (CH3), 56.3 (CH3), 56.4 (CH3), 59.1 (CH3), 73.6 (CH2), 96.9 (CH), 97.9 (CH), 99.6 (CH), 99.8 (CH), 100.8 (CH), 104.4 (C), 108.2 (C), 109.7 (C), 112.4 (C), 119.7 (CH), 137.5 (C), 140.4 (C), 141.8 (C), 152.0 (C), 157.2 (C), 159.8 (C), 161.0 (C), 161.7 (C), 161.8 (C), 163.9 (C), 183.8 (C). MS (DCI, NH3 + isobutane): m/z (%) = 477 (100) [MH+]. HRMS: m/z calcd for C27H24O8: 476.1471. Found: 476.1479 (M +). Xanthone 4 was identical in all respects with the material prepared earlier [2] through the homo-Fries route.

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Crystal data for 18d: C26H22O7 triclinic. P-1; a = 10.404 (3) Å, b = 11.124 (3) Å, c = 15.392 (6) Å; α = 67.91 (2)°, β = 77.29 (2)°, γ = 66.97 (2)°. V = 1513.5 (9) Å3; D = 1.49 gcm-3; µ = 1.97 cm-1, λ = 0.56083 Å; 2θ max = 35.7°. 3863 measured reflections, 3863 independent reflections. 424 parameters. Reflections/parameters ratio: 5; R [I>2σ(I)] = 9.7%; wR [all data] = 9.9%. G. O. F. = 2.22. The poor resolution is due to problems associated with severely disordered CHCl3 molecules in the asymmetric cell and desolvation (capillary tube). Full lists of fractional atomic co-ordinates, bond lengths and angles, and thermal parameters have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication no. CCDC-247513.

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This procedure for accessing the o-quinone methides was found to be more convenient than that previously used [2] based on Saegusa dehydrosilylation.