Microwave-assisted allylic oxidation at C-13 position of 14-deoxysinenxan A was described. This new method (150℃/10 min/5 bar on microwave synthesizer) led to a better yield of compound 1 and shorter reaction time.
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(to Jungui Dai,No.30100230).
Deacetoxy-13-oxo sinenxan A (1) was converted to 9a-hydroxy-13-oxo-2a, 5a, 10b-triacetoxy-4(20),11-taxadiene (2) and 10b-hydroxy-13-oxo-2a,5a,9a-triacetoxy- 4(20), 11- taxadiene (3) by Ginkgo cell suspension cultures ...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30100230).
Based on the chemistry involved in the radical chain deoxygenation of alcohols by the Barton-McCombie reaction, numerous applications in the synthesis of taxanes were reported. [1] In the original Barton-McCombie ...