文摘
A new approach to the synthesis of 4,5-disubstituted cyclopentenones is described. The strategy is based on the Pauson鈥揔hand (PK) reaction of norbornadiene and N-Boc-propargylamine as an alkyne with a masked leaving group, which can be eliminated at will. This approach to the synthesis of 4,5-disubstituted cyclopentenones overcomes the problem of using the alkylation to introduce the 伪 side chain. As an example, prostane 13-epi-12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (13-epi-12-oxo-PDA) methyl ester was synthesized.