The stereoselective synthesis of a model compound containing the ABC ring system of
cyclocitrinol was accomplished. After connecting a C ring allyltitanium segment with
an A ring bicyclo[4.1.0]heptanone segment, the seven-membered B ring moiety was constructed
by an intramolecular cyclization reaction of an epoxy nitrile. The enone moiety was
introduced through an oxidative decyanation reaction, and the bicyclo[4.4.1]undecane
skeleton with the highly strained olefin moiety was formed through a ring-opening
reaction of the bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane substructure.
Key words
natural product - total synthesis - allyl titanocene - epoxy nitrile - cyclization
reaction - cyclopropane ring opening - cyclocitrinol