A practical deca-gram scale ring expansion of (R)-(-)-carvone to (R)-(+)-3-methyl-6-isopropenyl-cyclohept-3-enone-1

作者：Alves Leandro de C; Desidera Andre L; de Oliveira Kleber T; Newton Sean; Ley Steven V^*; Brocksom Timothy J

来源：Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13(28): 7633-7642.

DOI：10.1039/c5ob00525f

A route to enantiopure (R)-(+)-3-methyl-6-isopropenyl-cyclohept-3-enone-1, an intermediate for terpenoids, has been developed and includes a highly chemo- and regioselective Tiffeneau-Demjanov reaction. Starting from readily available (R)-(-)-carvone, this robust sequence is available on a deca-gram scale and uses flow chemistry for the initial epoxidation reaction. The stereochemistry of the addition of two nucleophiles to the carbonyl group of (R)-(-)-carvone has been determined by X-ray diffraction studies and chemical correlation.

• 出版日期2015