Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (S1): 34.

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ENE REACTION WITH PUMMERER-TYPE REACTION INTERMEDIATE OF α-(METHYLTHIO)ACETIC ACID PYRROLIDIDE:SYNTHESIS OF ACHILLEA AMIDE AND TRICHONINE

Kuo-Hui Sun1, Huey-Min Wang2, Ling-Ching Chen1   

  1. 1. Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 807;
    2. China Junior College of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan 717
  • Online:1998-12-31 Published:1998-12-31

Abstract: The dienamide group is an important structural feature of a number of natural products, which have been reported to be biologically active, especially as insecticides. Several methods for their synthesis have appeared involving Wittig reaction, elimination reaction, and amidation of corresponding dienoic acids or esters. Achillea amide [(E,E)-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid pyrrolidide] and Trichonine [(E,E)-2,4-eicosadienoic acid pyrrolidide)] which are naturally occurring insecticides isolated from Achillea nana and P. trichostachyon leaves, respectively. Severál methods have reported successful syntheses of unsaturated pyrrolidine amides. In this work we wish to report that the Pummerer-type reaction intermediate 2 derived from α-(methylthio)acetic acid pyrrolidide (1) and phenyliodine(Ⅲ) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) undergoes an ene reaction with 1-alkenes to give the ene adducts 3. Also reported is its application to the synthesis of Achillea amide (4) and Trichonine (5).

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