SYNTHETIC STUDY OF AN INTERMEDIATE TOWARDS PARACENTRONE

摘要

Paracentrone (1), the second naturally occurring C-31-methyl ketone apocarotenoid from fucoxanthin (2), was first isolated from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. In this study, we focused on this carotenoid metabolite and report on a synthetic approach towards (3E)-(5R)-[(2R,4S)-2-hydroxy-4-(tert-butyldimethylsily)oxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexylidene]-1-iodo-4-methyl-1,3, 5-hexatriene (5), a synthetic intermediate towards 1. This was obtained from epoxy acetylene (11) via (2E)-(4R)-[(2R,4S)-2-hydroxy-4-(tert-butyldimethyl-sily)oxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexylidene]-3-methylpenta-2,4-dien-1-ol (7).