Reactivity of Carbon Nucleophiles with Disubstituted Tricarbonyl(pentadienyl)iron(1+) Cations: Application to the Synthesis of Lasiol and Epi-Lasiol

Authors

William Donaldson, Marquette UniversityFollow
Myung-Jong Jin, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

1993

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Tetrahedron

Source ISSN

0040-4020

Abstract

The reactions of 1,2-dimethyl-, 1-phenyl-2-methyl-, 1,4-dimethyl-, and 1-phenyl-4-methyl- substituted tricarbonyl(pentadienyl)iron(1+) cations (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b respectively) with lithium dimethylcuprate and with sodium dimethylmalonate were examined. Regiospecific nucleophilic attack was observed in cases where the directing effects of the two substituents were matched. The reaction of 4a with sodium dimethyl methylmalonate was examined, and the product was subsequently transformed into a mixture of epi-lasiol and lasiol, a terpene with a novel rearranged skeleton.

The reaction of cations3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b with dimethylcuprate and with sodium dimethylmalonate were examined. A short synthesis of 14 used the cation 4a.

Comments

Tetrahedron, Vol. 49, No. 39 (1993): 8787-8794. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Donaldson, William and Jin, Myung-Jong, "Reactivity of Carbon Nucleophiles with Disubstituted Tricarbonyl(pentadienyl)iron(1+) Cations: Application to the Synthesis of Lasiol and Epi-Lasiol" (1993). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 860.
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