报道了一种基于Dehydro—α—curcumene(4)为关键中间体,以Sharpless不对称双羟化反应和碘催化的分子内环化成醚反应为关键步骤,构建2,2,5位三取代的四氢呋喃骨架的方法,完成了(7R,10S)-Boivinianin B(1)的不对称合成.合成路线简捷,对此类化合物的合成有一定的借鉴意义.
(7R, 10S)-Boivinianin B (1), a naturally occurring sesquiterpene which has a synthetically challenging 2,2,5-tri-substituted tetrahydrofuran skeleton, was isolated from Laurencia tristicha and Cipadessa boiviniana. First asymmetric synthesis of the title compound was developed by sharpless asymmetric dihydroxyation to generate a stereocenter which as a chiral pool in the next procedure and an intramolecular iodoetherification to construct the tetrahydrofuran skeleton. The method developed here will be a useful tool for the stereoselective synthesis of 2,2,5-tri-substituted tetrahydrofurans bearing sterically congested benzylic quaternary center.