TY - JOUR A1 - Lood, Kajsa A1 - Tikk, Triin A1 - Krüger, Mandy A1 - Schmidt, Bernd T1 - Methylene capping facilitates cross-metathesis reactions of enals BT - a short synthesis of 7-methoxywutaifuranal from the xylochemical isoeugenol JF - The journal of organic chemistry N2 - Four combinations of type-I olefins isoeugenol and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxystyrene with type-II olefins acrolein and crotonaldehyde were investigated in cross-metathesis (CM) reactions. While both type-I olefins are suitable CM partners for this transformation, we observed synthetically useful conversions only with type-II olefin crotonaldehyde. For economic reasons, isoeugenol, a cheap xylochemical available from renewable lignocellulose or from clove oil, is the preferred type-I CM partner. Nearly quantitative conversions to coniferyl aldehyde by the CM reaction of isoeugenol and crotonaldehyde can be obtained at ambient temperature without a solvent or at high substrate concentrations of 2 mol.L-1 with the second-generation Hoveyda-Grubbs catalyst. Under these conditions, the ratio of reactants can be reduced to 1:1.5 and catalyst loadings as low as 0.25 mol % are possible. The high reactivity of the isoeugenol/crotonaldehyde combination in olefin metathesis reactions was demonstrated by a short synthesis of the natural product 7-methoxywutaifuranal, which was obtained from isoeugenol in a 44% yield over five steps. We suggest that the superior performance of crotonaldehyde in the CM reactions investigated can be rationalized by "methylene capping", i.e., the steric stabilization of the propagating Ru-alkylidene species. KW - Aldehydes KW - Catalysts KW - Hydrocarbons KW - Metathesis KW - Mixtures Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02851 SN - 0022-3263 SN - 1520-6904 VL - 87 IS - 5 SP - 3079 EP - 3088 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lood, Kajsa A1 - Schmidt, Bernd T1 - Stereoselective synthesis of conjugated polyenes based on tethered olefin metathesis and carbonyl olefination BT - application to the total synthesis of (+)-bretonin B JF - The journal of organic chemistry N2 - The combination of a highly stereoselective tethered olefin metathesis reaction and a Julia-Kocienski olefination is presented as a strategy for the synthesis of conjugated polyenes with at least one Z-configured C=C bond. The strategy is exemplified by the synthesis of the marine natural product (+)-bretonin B. KW - absolute-configuration KW - natural-products KW - formal synthesis KW - oxidation KW - derivatives KW - aldehydes KW - catalysts KW - alcohols KW - sponge KW - ethers Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c00446 SN - 0022-3263 SN - 1520-6904 VL - 85 IS - 7 SP - 5122 EP - 5130 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington ER - TY - THES A1 - Lood, Kajsa T1 - Stereoselective Construction of C-C Double Bonds via Olefin Metathesis: From Tethered Reactions to Water-Soluble Catalysts for Stereoretentive Metathesis T1 - Stereoselektiver Aufbau von C-C-Doppelbindungen durch Olefinmetathese: Von gebundenen Reaktionen zu wasserlöslichen Katalysatoren für die stereoretentive Metathese N2 - Natural products have proved to be a major resource in the discovery and development of many pharmaceuticals that are in use today. There is a wide variety of biologically active natural products that contain conjugated polyenes or benzofuran structures. Therefore, new synthetic methods for the construction of such building blocks are of great interest to synthetic chemists. The recently developed one-pot tethered ring-closing metathesis approach allows for the formation of Z,E-dienoates in high stereoselectivity. The extension of this method with a Julia-Kocienski olefination protocol would allow for the formation of conjugated trienes in a stereoselective manner. This strategy was applied in the total synthesis of conjugated triene containing (+)-bretonin B. Additionally, investigations of cross metathesis using methyl substituted olefins were pursued. This methodology was applied, as a one-pot cross metathesis/ring-closing metathesis sequence, in the total synthesis of benzofuran containing 7-methoxywutaifuranal. Finally, the design and synthesis of a catalyst for stereoretentive metathesis in aqueous media was investigated. N2 - Naturstoffe haben sich als wichtige Ressource für die Entdeckung und Entwicklung zahlreicher Arzneimittel erwiesen, die heute verwendet werden. Es gibt eine Vielzahl biologisch aktiver Naturstoffe, die konjugierte Polyene oder Benzofuranstrukturen enthalten. Daher sind neue Synthesemethoden für die Herstellung solcher Bausteine für synthetische Chemiker von großem Interesse. Der kürzlich entwickelte Ein-Topf-Ansatz der tethered ring-closing metathesis ermöglicht die Bildung von Z,E-Dienoaten in hoher Stereoselektivität. Die Erweiterung dieser Methode mit einem Julia-Kocienski-Olefinierungsprotokoll würde die Bildung von konjugierten Trienen in stereoselektiver Weise ermöglichen. Diese Strategie wurde bei der Totalsynthese von konjugierten Trienen, die (+)-Bretonin B enthalten, angewandt. Außerdem wurden Untersuchungen zur Kreuzmetathese mit methylsubstituierten Olefinen durchgeführt. Diese Methodik wurde als Ein-Topf-Kreuzmetathese/Ringschluss-Metathese-Sequenz in der Totalsynthese von benzofuranhaltigem 7-Methoxywutaifuranal angewendet. Schließlich wurde die Entwicklung und Synthese eines Katalysators für die stereoretentive Metathese in wässrigen Medien untersucht. KW - Olefin metathesis KW - synthesis KW - organic chemistry KW - catalysts KW - Olefin Metathese KW - Synthese KW - organische Chemie KW - Katalysatoren Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-539142 ER -