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Synlett 2010(15): 2275-2278  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258529
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First Total Synthesis of (±)-6′-Methoxyretrojusticidin B Using Regiocontrolled Benzannulation: Structural Inconsistency with Procumphthalide A and Its Revision to 5′-Methoxyretrochinensin

Eri Yoshidaa, Daisuke Yamashitaa, Ryo Sakaia, Yoo Tanabeb, Yoshinori Nishii*a
a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
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b Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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Received 1 June 2010
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30 July 2010 (online)

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Abstract

We achieved the first total synthesis of a novel (±)-6′-methoxyretrojusticidin B, which was proposed as procumphthalide A, utilizing regiocontrolled benzannulation of an aryl(aryl′)-2,2-dichlorocyclopropylmethanol as the key step. ¹H NMR spectral data suggested that the structure of the synthesized product, 6′-methoxy­retrojusticidin B, was inconsistent with that of natural procumphthalide A. A computational study of the rotational barrier rationally supports the existence of a rigid chiral axis in 6′-methoxyretrojusticidin B. The revised structural elucidation of natural procumphthalide A was concluded to be 5′-methoxyretrochinensin.

Key words

total synthesis - natural product - annulation - lignan lactone - revised structure

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