Raffaelli B, Wähälä K, Hase T. Asymmetric synthesis, stereochemistry and rearrangement reactions of naturally occurring 7′-hydroxylignano-9,9′-lactones.
Org Biomol Chem 2006;
4:331-41. [PMID:
16391776 DOI:
10.1039/b513303c]
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Abstract
The asymmetric synthesis of a series of (7'S,8R,8'R)-7'-hydroxylignano-9,9'-lactones is presented, among them the mammalian lignan (7'S)-hydroxyenterolactone and (7'S)-parabenzlactone, allowing the stereochemistry of natural occurring (-)-parabenzlactone to be re-assigned. A hydroxylactone rearrangement and its possible mechanisms are discussed. Finally a brief survey of the current naming and numbering variants of 7'-hydroxylignano-9,9'-lactones is presented, along with a suggestion for harmonization of the nomenclature.
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