Macrocyclic diol

The last and key step during the total synthesis of (-)-laulimalide by I. Paterson et al. was the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation. The success of the total synthesis relied on the efficient kinetic differentiation of the Cis and C20 allylic alcohols during the epoxidation step. When the macrocyclic diol was oxidized in the presence of (+)-DIPT at -27 °C for 15h, only the C16-C17 epoxide was formed. 

Stmctural and chemical modification of urethane containing polymer matri-ces with macrocycles - calixarenes having reactive hydrazide groups have been carried out and stmcture, physico chemical and sensor properties of polyure-thanesemicarbazides (PUS) synthesised have been studied. The polymers obtained (on the base of polypropylene glycol MM 1000 and polysiloxane diol MM 860, hexamethylene diisocyanate and calixarene dihydrazide) are identified by IR-spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), DSC, WAXS and SAXS methods. 

At the same time, Dale and Kristiansen reported a successful synthesis of 18-crown-6 from the diol and ditosylate just as shown in Eq. (3.2), but using benzene as solvent. They obtained the product as its potassium tosylate complex (mp 164°) in 33% yield. The free macrocycle was liberated by chromatography over a column of alumina, eluting with a benzene-cliloroform mixture. Dale and Kristiansen note that the cyclic ether cannot be liberated from its complex by simple heating . ... 

Macrocyclic polyethers containing the 2.2-paracyclophane unit are interesting structures and several such compounds have been prepared . Despite the diverse structural possibilities, the syntheses of these molecules have generally been accomplished by straightforward Williamson ether syntheses. The only unusual aspect of the syntheses appears to be a novel approach to certain paracyclophanes developed by Helgeson (see footnote 7a in Ref. 91). The first step of Eq. (3.28) illustrates the formation of the required tetrol, which is then treated with base (KOH or KO-t-Bu) and the appropriate diol dito-sylate to afford the macrocycle. 

Krespan ° has prepared a number of macrocycles, having both aza- and oxa-linkages in them, based on the 3,3-dimethyleneoxetane unit (see also Sect. 8.4 and Eq. 8.12). Typically, 3,3-bis(chloromethyl)oxetane is treated with a diol as shown in Eq. (3.40), in the presence of base. Once the bicyclic system is formed, further treatment with other nucleophiles (e.g., ammonia) can lead to opening of the 4-membered ring. 

Although the first all-sulfur macrocycles were prepared many years ago " the first systematic study of such compounds was initiated by Busch and his coworkers , who were interested in the cation binding properties of such ligands. A sequential synthesis was utilized to produce 1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane [tetrathia-14-crown-4 (70)] . In the first step, 1,3-propanedithiol is metallated using sodium and alkylated with 2-chloroethanol. The diol was then treated with thiourea to form the dimercapto-dithioether compound 9. The latter was once again metallated with sodium and allowed to react with 1,3-dibromopropane. The yield of 70 in the ring closure step, conducted at high dilution in absolute ethanol, was 7.5% after recrystallization. The entire sequence is illustrated in Eq. (6.8) . ... 

Quite a number of mixed sulfur-nitrogen macrocycles have been prepared, but these have largely been by the methods outlined in Chaps. 4 and 5 for the respective heteroatoms. An alternative method, involves the formation of a Schiff base, followed by reduction to the fully saturated system, if desired. An interesting example of the Schiff base formation is found in the reaction formulated in (6.12). Dialdehyde 14 is added to ethylenediamine in a solution containing ferrous ions. Although fully characterized, the yield for the reaction is not recorded. To avoid confusion with the original literature, we note the claim that the dialdehyde [14] was readily prepared in good yield by reaction of the disodium salt of 3-thiapentane-l, 5-diol . The latter must be the dithiol rather than the diol. 

Among the most impressive applications are the reactions of the silyl- and acyl-protected diol 60 [123] (Scheme 1.26) and the 12-membered macrocyclic E-config-ured allylic ether 62 [124] (Scheme 1.27). 

Macrocyclization of esters of allylglycine with diols has been successfully used to prepare derivatives of 2,7-diaminosuberic acid [861,864]. The latter are surrogates of cystine, and therefore of interest for the preparation of peptide mimetics. For unknown reasons protected allylglycine derivatives can not be directly dimerized by self metathesis [864]. However, catechol [864], ethylene glycol [861], and 1,2- or 1,3-di(hydroxymethyl)benzene derivatives [860] of allylglycine are suitable templates for the formal self metathesis of this amino acid via RCM. 

The apparently latest total synthesis of a dolastane diterpene was published by Williams and coworkers in 1993 as a short communication (Fig. 16) [91]. (-)-Clavulara-l(15),17-dien-3,4-diol (129) was synthesized using a strategy that relied on the availability of the enantiomerically pure building block 162 from (+)-9,10-dibromocamphor (163) (Fig. 16). Cornerstones of the synthesis are a macrocyclization that afforded the 11-membered (A+B)C-ring (160) and a transannular cyclization that converted a bicyclic into a tricyclic ring system. Two of the seven chirality centres in the synthetic clavu-... 

Phomopsis sp. strain endophytes of the medicinal plant Erythrina crista-galli continue to yield novel compounds (Table 1). New phenyl-propane, pyronol, benzoic acid, phenylpyran, macrocyclic, and alkene compounds were discovered, as well as the known compounds clavatol, 4-hydroxymellein, mellein, mevalonolactone, mevinic acid, nectriapyrone, phomol, scytalone, and tyrosol. The new compounds were phomopy-ronol (101), 3-phenylpropane-l,2-diol (102), 4-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy) benzoic acid (103), 2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-propylphenol (104), 2-... 

The chiral 1,2-diols that have been incorporated into crown ether derivatives that cany substituents but have no fused rings associated with the elements of chirality in the macrocycles are listed in Figure 14. We shall now examine some of the ways in which these chiral building blocks have been used. 

The chiral dimethyl derivatives RR)-M and (SS)-84 of tetraethylene glycol have been employed (126) in the preparation of chiral macrocyclic polyether diesters such as (JU )-85 and (SS)S6. The reactions of the chiral diols with the appropriate diacid chlorides generally proceed (Scheme S) in good yield in warm benzene under high dilution conditions. 

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