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RESEARCH ARTICLE

New, Homochiral Synthons Obtained through Simple Manipulations of Enzymatically Derived 3-Halo-cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols

Lorenzo V. White A , Ping Lan A , Brett D. Schwartz A , Anthony C. Willis A and Martin G. Banwell A B
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A Research School of Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: Martin.Banwell@anu.edu.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 68(10) 1467-1471 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH15061
Submitted: 5 February 2015  Accepted: 26 May 2015   Published: 30 June 2015

Abstract

The bromoepoxide 5a, which is obtained from the homochiral and enzymatically derived cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol 1a, is readily and efficiently transformed into either isomer 8a or the corresponding methoxymethyl-ether 2a. Though both of these products can be fully characterized, they are somewhat unstable, with the former being converted into the crystalline enone 3a on standing and the latter readily participating in a Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction with the potent dienophile N-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione to give adduct 7a. The single-crystal X-ray structures of compounds 3a and 7a are reported. Using the related chemistry the chloro-analogue, 3b, of enone 3a can be obtained.


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