Synthesis of (2R,8′an style='font-style: italic'>S,3′an style='font-style: italic'>E)-δ-tocodienol, a tocoflexol family member designed to have a superior pharmacokinetic profile compared to δ-tocotrienol
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A group of side chain partially saturated tocotrienol analogues, namely tocoflexols, have been previously designed in an effort to improve the pharmacokinetic properties of tocotrienols. (2R,8′S,3′E)-δ-Tocodienol (ass="boldFont">1) was predicted to be a high value tocoflexol for further pharmacological evaluation. We now report here an efficient eight-step synthetic route to compound ass="boldFont">1 utilizing naturally-occurring δ-tocotrienol as a starting material (24% total yield). The key step in the synthesis is oxidative olefin cleavage of δ-tocotrienol to afford the chroman core of ass="boldFont">1 with retention of chirality at the C-2 stereocenter.