Carvone groups

As a further application of the reaction, the conversion of an endocyclic double bond to an c.xo-methylene is possible[382]. The epoxidation of an cWo-alkene followed by diethylaluminum amide-mediated isomerization affords the allylic alcohol 583 with an exo double bond[383]. The hydroxy group is eliminated selectively by Pd-catalyzed hydrogenolysis after converting it into allylic formate, yielding the c.ro-methylene compound 584. The conversion of carvone (585) into l,3-disiloxy-4-methylenecyclohexane (586) is an example[382]. 

The example given above of the selection of deoxycholic acid as a SM for the synthesis of cortisol also illustrates the use of a chiral natural substance as synthetic precursor of a chiral TGT. Here the matching process involves a mapping of individual stereocenters as well as rings, functional groups, etc. The synthesis of helminthosporal (105) from (-i-)-carvone (106)21 and the synthesis of picrotoxinin (107) from (-)-carvone (108)22 amply demonstrate this approach employing terpenes as chiral SM s. 

By reduction carvone fixes 2 atoms of hydrogen on to the ketonic group, and 2 atoms in the nucleus, with the formation of dihydrocarveol, CijHjgO, whose corresponding ketone, dihydrocarvone, Cj Hj O, exists in small quantities in caraway oil. 

Table 3 summarizes the scope and limitation of substrates for this hydrogenation. Complex 5 acts as a highly effective catalyst for functionalized olefins with unprotected amines (the order of activity tertiary > secondary primary), ethers, esters, fluorinated aryl groups, and others [27, 30]. However, in contrast to the reduction of a,p-unsaturated esters decomposition of 5 was observed when a,p-unsaturated ketones (e.g., trans-chalcone, trans-4-hexen-3-one, tra s-4-phenyl-3-buten-2-one, 2-cyclohexanone, carvone) were used (Fig. 3) [30],... 

Results for these CEBEs are presented in Table 1. As can be seen, for the carvone variants I-V the various substitutions have absolutely no effect at the carbonyl C=0 core, and are barely significant at the chiral center that lies between the carbonyl and substituent groups in these molecules. Only upon fluorine substitution at the tail (molecule VI) does the C=0 CEBE shift by one-half of an electronvolt the second F atom substitution adjacent to the C=0 in the difluoro derivative, VII contributes a further 0.6-eV shift. This effect can be rationalized due to the electron-withdrawing power of an F atom. Paradoxically, it is these fluorine-substituted derivatives, VI, VII, that arguably produce b curves most similar to the original carvone conformer, I, yet they are the only ones to produce a perturbation of the ground-state electron density at the C li core. This contributes further evidence to suggest that, at least for the C li... 

In 1998, Yang and coworkers reported a series of (7 )-carvone derived ketones (63) containing a quaternary center at and various substituents at (Fig. 22) [119]. The ees of fran -stilbene oxide varied with different para and meta substituents when 63b was used as the catalyst. The major contribution for the observed ee difference is from the n-n electronic repulsion between the Cl atom of the catalyst and the phenyl group of the substrate. The substitution at also influences the epoxidation transition state via an electrostatic interaction between the polarized C -X bond and the phenyl ring on franx-stilbene (Table 6, entries 3-7, 10-14). In 2000, Solladie-Cavallo and coworkers reported a series of fluorinated carbocyclic ketones... 

Aldehydes in this group are as follows carvone 36, dihydrocarvone 37, isom-enthone 38, piperitone 39, pulegone (piperitenone) 40, isopulegone 41 (Structure 4.9). 

The photochemical reactions of three a/3-unsaturated cyclic ketones have been reported. In these cases, it appears that the reaction is that of the olefinic group although the wavelength of the incident radiation is at the ultraviolet absorption of the carbonyl group. Photolysis of 2-cyclo-pentenone (16), carvone (XXXV) (7,12) and y-tropolone methyl ether... 

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