Syntheses of Amorfrutins and Derivatives via Tandem Diels-Alder and Anionic Cascade Approaches.

J Org Chem

Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.

Published: August 2021

We describe two complementary approaches based on a convergent [4+2] logic toward the synthesis of amorfrutins, cannabinoids, and related plant metabolites. An anionic cascade cyclization employing β-methoxycrotonates and β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated esters yielded amorfrutins in four linear steps and demonstrated utility of β-alkoxycrotonate-derived nucleophiles as functional equivalents of β-ketoester-derived dianions. Analogously, tandem Diels-Alder/retro-Diels-Alder cycloaddition of dimedone-derived bis(trimethylsiloxy)-dienes and α,β-alkynyl ester dienophiles provided facile access to resorcinol precursors of amorfrutins and cannabinoids, avoiding late-stage installation of prenyl or geranyl moieties as in previous approaches.

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