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Scheme 4.23 Structure <strong>of</strong> HMAF and key fulvene synthesis step.<br />

HO OTBS<br />

O<br />

1. CH 3Li<br />

2. HCl (0.1 M)<br />

96%<br />

HO OTBS<br />

252 278<br />

HO O<br />

OH<br />

250<br />

hydroxymethylacylfulvene (HMAF)<br />

Therefore, cyclopentenone 270a was treated with MeLi/CeCl3 (1.5 equiv.) to afford tertiary<br />

alcohol 279a (Scheme 4.24). q Immediate treatment <strong>of</strong> the crude reaction mixture with aq. HCl<br />

and warming to rt led to formation <strong>of</strong> a bright yellow solution, from which fulvene 280a was<br />

isolated in 74% yield (pentafulvenes are generally characterized by yellow color, Lat. fulvus =<br />

yellow). 183<br />

Scheme 4.24 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> novel pentafulvenes.<br />

P<br />

N<br />

MeO2C R1 O<br />

270a, P = Bz, R 1 = Bn<br />

270f, P = Cbz, R = Me<br />

MeLi, CeCl3 THF, -78 oC P<br />

MeO2C N<br />

R1 279a<br />

279f<br />

OH<br />

0.3 M aq. HCl, rt<br />

P<br />

MeO2C N<br />

R1 Bz<br />

MeO 2C<br />

280a, P = Bz, R 1 = Bn, 74%<br />

280f, P = Cbz, R = Me, ~50%<br />

select 1 H NMR signals <strong>of</strong> 280a<br />

N<br />

Bn Ha<br />

H a 6.29 (s, 1H)<br />

three methyl<br />

group resonances<br />

1.87 (s, 3H)<br />

1.71 (s, 3H)<br />

1.39 (s, 3H)<br />

The structure <strong>of</strong> 280a was assigned based on the presence <strong>of</strong> one olefin peak in the 1 H NMR<br />

spectrum at 6.29 ppm for Ha and three methyl groups (Scheme 4.24). Similarly, the N-Cbz<br />

protected cyclopentenone 270f afforded fulvene 280f in 50% yield. Unfortunately, the newly<br />

synthesized fulvenes proved unstable and readily decomposed when kept on the bench-top either<br />

q The presumed tertiary alcohol 279 was treated in situ with aq. HCl and was not characterized.<br />

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