Combining spiro-fused cyclohexadienone – tetrahydrofuran ring system with glycine: Asymmetric synthesis of a new class of α-amino acid derivatives
2018
Devi, Runjun | Das, Sajal Kumar
Herein, we present the asymmetric synthesis of spiro-fused cyclohexadienone – tetrahydrofuran-embedded glycine derivatives as a new class of nonproteinogenic α-amino acid derivatives. Starting from commercially available 2-allylphenols, key β-hydroxy-α-amino esters were synthesized via high-yielding multi-step reaction sequences involving Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation as the chirality induction step. PhI(OAc)₂-mediated oxidative dearomatization – spirocyclization of phenol-tethered β-hydroxy-α-amino esters efficiently produced the corresponding spiro-fused cyclohexadienone – tetrahydrofuran-embedded glycine derivatives, providing a general route to this hitherto-unreported class of compounds that are equipped with three privileged scaffolds (cyclohexadienone – tetrahydrofuran – α-amino ester).
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