Synlett 2004(15): 2771-2775  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-836022
LETTER
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An Efficient Stereoselective Synthesis of Substituted 1,3-Dienes

Kyungsoo Oha,, Philip J. Parsons*a, Dave Cheshireb
a Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK
b Department of Medicinal Chemistry, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Bakewell Road, Loughborough LE11 5RH, UK
Fax: +44(1273)677196; e-Mail: P.J.Parsons@sussex.ac.uk;
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Publication History

Received 13 August 2004
Publication Date:
12 November 2004 (online)

Abstract

A stereoselective synthesis of substituted 1,3-dienes has been developed which utilises an Ireland-Claisen rearrangement/silicon-mediated fragmentation sequence. This sequence has been designed to introduce remote centres of asymmetry as well as stereo­defined diene systems, and its application to an aziridine ­system is also described.

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New address: Kyungsoo Oh, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231S, 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

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A single crystal of 6a of 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl derivative was obtained and the selectivity of 5b and 6b were made from analogy of our Galbonolide study.

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Stereoselective epoxide opening using Ti(i-PrO)4 (Scheme [5] ).

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BF3·OEt2 initiated fragmentation of 9a followed by dehydration of 10a to give 9d (Scheme [6] ).

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Aziridine opening by chloride anion in esterification conditions (Scheme [7] ).

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Conditions using LHMDS and TMSCl-Et3N did not yield any identifiable product.