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Asymmetric diastereoselective syntheses of the aphid insect pigment derivatives quinone A and quinone A'
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Asymmetric diastereoselective syntheses of the aphid insect pigment derivatives quinone A and quinone A'

R.G.F. Giles, I.R. Green, F.J. Oosthuizen and C.P. Taylor
Tetrahedron Letters, Vol.42(33), pp.5753-5754
2001
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Abstract

Commercially available (R)-lactate has been used to provide the chiral source for the asymmetric diastereoselective syntheses of all four stereoisomers of 3,4-dihydro-4,7,9-trihydroxy-1,3-dimethylnaphtho[2,3-c]pyran-5,10-quinone based on 3R stereochemistry. The (1R,3R,4S) and (1R,3R,4R) stereoisomers were identical with the natural derivatives of the aphid insect pigments quinone A and quinone A′, while the (1S,3R,4S) and (1S,3R,4R) stereoisomers were found to be the enantiomers of two hitherto unreported naturally derived quinones from alternative aphid insect sources. A key-step is the titanium tetraisopropoxide-induced intramolecular diastereoselective cyclization of meta-hydroxybenzyl protected lactaldehydes to afford benzo[c]pyran-4,5-diols.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.219 Cancer Drugs
1.219.1527 Naphthoquinone Derivatives
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