Patent Application: US-31450794-A

Abstract:
preparation of a methyl ketone intermediate useful in the synthesis of - dodecahydro - 3a , 6 , 6 , 9a - tetramethyl - naphtho furan by subjecting - sclareol to ozonolysis in the presence of iodine or iodine - containing compound . the intermediate can be converted to - dodecahydro - 3a , 6 , 6 , 9a - tetramethyl - naphtho furan by baeyer - villiger oxidation followed by reduction of the resulting product in the presence of a lewis acid .

Description:
the ozonolysis of sclareol , according to the invention , may be carried out in several ways . one embodiment contemplates ozonolysing a reaction mixture comprising the sclareol and iodine or iodine - containing compound , in an inert solvent , preferably a lower alcohol or mixture thereof with water , to obtain the methyl ketone ( 4 ) in quantitative yield . in a modification , the sclareol , or iodine or iodine - containing compound , in solution may be preliminarily ozonolysed with further ozonolysis after the reactants are combined . reaction conditions can be varied . however , the ozonolysis , including any pre - ozonolysis , should preferably be carried out at acid ph , i . e . up to about 7 . ambient temperature ( 20 °- 25 ° c .) is advantageously used although temperatures above and below ambient , e . g . temperatures in the range of 10 °- 90 ° c . can be employed . while free iodine may be effectively used , it is also possible to use iodine - containing compounds which apparently liberate iodine to facilitate the ozonolysis . representative iodine - containing compounds include the alkali metal iodides , iodites , iodates and periodates , e . g . potassium iodide , sodium iodite , sodium iodate and sodium periodate . alkyl iodides or iodites , e . g . methyl iodide or t - butylhypoiodite , may also be used . it is believed that the iodine - containing compound functions by liberating free iodine from the ozonolysis . any inert solvent may be used for present purposes . however , the lower alkanols , e . g . methyl alcohol , ethyl alcohol , n - or iso - propyl alcohol , n - or t - butyl alcohol , are particularly preferred . mixtures of such alcohols with each other or with water may also be advantageously used . the amount of iodine or iodine - containing compound relative to the sclareol can be widely varied . usually , however , this will be in the range of about 0 . 25 to 4 . 0 molar equivalents of sclareol . reaction times can also be widely varied and will depend , at least to some extent , on other conditions , e . g . temperature and relative amounts of sclareol and iodine or iodine - containing compounds . typically , reaction times will extend over the range of from 15 minutes up to 15 hours . the ozonolysis reaction should be continued long enough to convert all of the sclareol into methyl ketone ( 4 ) while minimizing the formation of other products . it has been found that after ozonolysis of the sclareol a vinyl ether intermediate of structural formula ( 8 ) is formed : ## str5 ## the invention is illustrated , but not limited , by the following examples : naio 4 was added to a mixture of sclareol ( 0 . 2 g , 0 . 64 mmol ) in methanol / water solution ( 25 ml , 4 : 1 ). the amount of naio 4 added was 3 . 0 equivalents ( based on the amount of sclareol ) for examples 1 - 6 ; amounts as shown in table 1 for examples 7 - 9 ; 0 . 7 equivalents for examples 10 - 16 ; and 1 . 0 equivalent of naio 3 in example 17 . the addition was carried out at 25 ° c . ozone was passed through the resulting mixture until all the sclareol was consumed ( about 15 minutes as determined by tlc ). after 15 hours of additional stirring , the solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue dissolved in ch 2 cl 2 ( 80 ml ), washed with 0 . 4m aqueous sodium thiosulphate ( 2 × 50 ml ) and brine ( 2 × 50 ml ). desiccation with mg so 4 and removal of the solvent in vacuo afforded the products shown in table 1 . the product distributions were determined from 1 h and 13 c nmr analysis or by isolation using flash chromatography . the results obtained are given in table 1 which also indicate in the &# 34 ; conditions &# 34 ; column , any process variations which were used from those given above . table 1______________________________________ex - am - products (%) ple conditions 4 5 6 7 8 9 10______________________________________1 meoh / h . sub . 2 o ( 4 : 1 ) at 0 ° c . 46 14 -- 17 -- -- -- 2 . sup . 1 buoh / h . sub . 2 o ( 4 : 1 ) at 25 ° c . -- 26 19 -- -- -- -- 3 . sup . 1 amoh / h . sub . 2 o ( 4 : 1 ) at 0 ° c . 7 -- 42 -- -- -- -- 4 temp . = 40 ° c . 51 16 -- 8 -- -- -- 5 temp . = 25 ° c . 51 23 -- 7 -- -- -- 6 temp . = - 78 ° c . -- 14 -- 23 23 -- -- 7 naio . sub . 4 ( 1 . 3 equiv ) 48 12 -- 9 -- 2 98 naio . sub . 4 ( 0 . 7 equiv ) 63 5 -- -- -- 6 59 naio . sub . 4 ( 0 . 2 equiv ) 38 4 -- -- -- 4 2610 reaction time = 15 min 25 8 -- -- 25 11 2211 reaction time = 30 min 63 5 -- -- -- 6 512 reaction time = 2 hr . 54 15 -- -- -- 12 613 no naio . sub . 4 added -- 16 -- -- 23 -- -- 14 ph = 1 . 0 5 40 -- 24 -- -- -- 15 ph = 2 . 95 62 7 -- -- -- 9 1116 naio . sub . 4 ozonolysed first 77 13 -- 5 -- -- 417 naio . sub . 3 51 -- -- -- 6 7 -- ______________________________________ the ph was adjusted with phosphoric acid ( example 14 ) or sodium acetate ( example 15 ). product ( 4 ) represents the methyl ketone mixture ( 4a ) and ( 4b ) while products ( 5 )-( 10 ) are identified below . products 11 and 12 , referred to later , are also structurally identified below : ## str6 ## the identity of the above products is consistent with micro analysis results . compounds ( 5 ), ( 6 ) and ( 8 ) had spectral and physical properties consistent with those reported in the literature . 11 as shown , the results given in table 1 indicate that under otherwise comparable circumstances , the best yield of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) was obtained when somewhat less than the equivalent of naio 4 ( i . e . 0 . 7 equivalents ) was used . compare examples 7 - 9 . use of greater amounts of naio 4 up to 3 equivalents did not increase the yield and , in some instances , tended to reduce , the yield . under shorter reaction times ( see examples 10 - 12 ), intermediates ( 8 )-( 10 ) were identified . the vinyl ether ( 8 ) was determined to be the key intermediate in these reactions by subjecting sclareol to ozonolysis without the addition of naio 4 . see example 13 . only traces of the desired methyl ketone ( 4 ) were obtained below a ph of 2 . 95 . see example 14 where the amount of methyl ketone ( 4 ) was low compared to the substantial quantities of compounds ( 5 ) and ( 7 ) which were formed . however , excellent yields of the desired methyl ketone were obtained at a ph of about 3 ( 2 . 95 ). it appears that such yields can be realized when using any ph in the range of about 2 . 5 to about 7 . 5 for the ozonolysis in the presence of iodine , iodate or periodate or the equivalent . as indicated , the formation of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) is considered to proceed via the vinyl ether ( 8 ). it is not completely clear how this conversion of ( 8 ) to ( 4 ) occurs . however , it is interesting to note that treatment of the vinyl ether ( 8 ) with naio 4 does not give the methyl ketone . on the other hand , ozonolysis of an aqueous methanolic solution of naio 4 yielded a white precipitate and it was surprisingly found that the treatment of the vinyl ether ( 8 ) with either this precipitate or the remaining filtrate quantitatively converted the vinyl ether ( 8 ) into the methyl ketone . this led to the finding that there is an advantage in subjecting the naio 4 to ozonolysis prior to addition of the sclareol . example 16 illustrates this embodiment and shows that a substantial increase in the yield of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) was realized when the periodate was subjected to ozonolysis before the sclareol was mixed therewith , followed by further ozonolysis after the mixture is completed . example 17 demonstrates the use of naio 3 in lieu of naio 4 for the ozonolysis . as indicated , this alternative also gave a useful yield of the methyl ketone ( 4 ). without intending to be bound or limited to this explanation , it appears that the intermediate ( 8 ) is formed after the so - called &# 34 ; anomalous ozonolysis 12 of sclareol in a manner similar to that observed with other allylic alcohols . 13 the following examples 18 - 24 show further process variations within the invention . these examples illustrate ozonolysis of sclareol in the presence of iodine under a variety of conditions to obtain the methyl ketone ( 4 ) pursuant to the invention : each of these examples , unless otherwise stated , was carried out as follows : to a mixture of sclareol ( 0 . 2 g , 0 . 64 mmol ) in isopropanol , t - butanol or methanol ( 20 ml , water added as shown in table 2 ), iodine ( 0 . 1 g , 0 . 38 mmol ) was added at 25 ° c . ozone was then passed through the mixture for 10 - 12 minutes after which the mixture was stirred for an additional 15 hours at ambient temperature . work - up of the reaction product was the same as in examples 1 - 17 . isopropanol was used in examples 20 - 31 . additionally , in examples 21 - 23 and 28 - 31 , the isopropanol / iodine mixtures were pre - ozonolysed for 10 minutes before the addition of water and sclareol . ozonolysis was then continued for a further 5 minutes after which time the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 15 hours at ambient temperature and worked up in the same way as in the other examples . table 2______________________________________ozonolysis of (-)- sclareol in the presence ofiodine under a variety of conditions yield ( 4 ) examples conditions (%) ______________________________________18 meoh 6219 . sup . t buoh 2320 isopropanol 6521 i . sub . 2 ( 1 . 0 equiv .) 7222 i . sub . 2 ( 0 . 5 equiv .) 7123 i . sub . 2 ( 0 . 2 equiv .) 4824 0 . 25 ml h . sub . 2 o added 5325 0 . 5 ml h . sub . 2 o added 6926 1 . 0 ml h . sub . 2 o added 6027 10 . 0 ml h . sub . 2 o added 3428 0 . 25 ml h . sub . 2 o added 8529 0 . 5 ml h . sub . 2 o added 8630 1 . 0 ml h . sub . 2 o added 8431 2 . 0 ml h . sub . 2 o added 64______________________________________ various modifications are evident from the results shown in table 2 . for example , examples 18 - 20 show that methanol and isopropanol are useful solvents in providing effective yields of the desired methyl ketone on ozonolysis of sclareol . the yield using t - butanol , however , while useful , is not as good as that obtained with methanol and isopropanol . table 2 also shows ( examples 21 - 23 , 38 - 31 ) that the yield of methyl ketone can be increased by ozonolysing the isopropanol / iodine solution ( 10 mins .) prior to addition of the (-)- sclareol with example 22 showing that one - half the equivalent of iodine can be effectively used under such conditions . the addition of a small amount of water to the alcohol was also found to increase the yield of methyl ketone ( see examples 24 - 27 ), particularly when combined with pre - ozonolysis of the alcohol / iodine solution ( examples 28 - 31 ). the results obtained with the addition of water suggest that hoi , rather than free - iodine , may function as intermediate reaction agent in the preparation of the methyl ketone ( 4 ). more specifically , it is believed that the electrophilic iodine species hoi may be generated in the reaction medium and that this species may be responsible for the conversion of the vinyl ether ( 8 ) to the methyl - ketone ( 4 ) via intermediate ( 11 ). this appears to be substantiated by the fact that iodine is liberated during the reaction . the possible formation of hoi is also supported by the increased yields which are obtained when water is used with the alkanol solvent . while the reaction conditions can be varied , as evident from the foregoing , the best results in the preparation of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) appear to be obtained when an isopropanol / iodine solution is initially ozonolysed prior to addition of the sclareol and a small but effective amount of water ( e . g . about 5 to 30 % or more , based on the weight of the sclareol ). while the foregoing examples 18 - 31 illustrate the use of iodine for the ozonolysis , excellent results have also been obtained by replacing the iodine with , for example , potassium iodide . thus , yields of the methyl ketone in the range of 80 - 83 % have been obtained using potassium iodide in lieu of iodine , as the iodine providing component for the ozonolysis . the product ( 12 ) has also been identified in the process when (-)- sclareol was subjected to ozonolysis in isopropanol . after 10 minutes , the solvent was removed and the residue recrystallized from pentane affording the dimer ( 12 ). the formation of ( 12 ) apparently comes from the reaction of the vinyl ether ( 8 ) and formaldehyde , a by - product of the ozonolysis reaction that has been identified previously . 11 to prepare the desired norlabdane oxide , the methyl ketone ( 4 ), obtained as described in the preceding examples , may be converted by baeyer - villiger oxidation to give acetates which are then reduced in the presence of a lewis acid to the desired product , all as described in the earlier u . s . application ser . no . 08 / 279 , 160 . as indicated in ser . no . 08 / 279 , 160 , the methyl ketone ( 4 ) need not be separated into its individual components ( 4a ) and ( 4b ) for further reactions . accordingly , to 1 g of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) in a 50 ml round bottomed flask , 1 . 2 g of 6 % m - cpba ( aldrich ) and 0 . 65 g of naoac were added . 20 ml of distilled dioxane was then added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 day . a milky suspension resulted . after stirring at room temperature for 1 day , the reaction mixture was poured into 50 ml of saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and diluted with 50 ml methylene chloride . after the extraction , the organic layer was separated , the aqueous layer was extracted with 3 more portions of 25 ml ch 2 cl 2 , the organic layers were combined , dried and the solvent was evaporated . to purify the resulting compound ( 5a ), flash column chromatography was used ; gradient elution with hexanes and ether . compound ( 5a ) eluted out at around 15 % ether in hexanes . a maximum yield of 75 % of compound ( 5a ) was obtained . to 0 . 07 g of lialh 4 in 10 ml of ether at 0 ° c ., 0 . 85 ml dry distilled bf 3 . oet 2 was added . the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes , then it was cooled to - 78 ° c . with dry ice / acetone . a solution of 0 . 5 g of compound ( 5a ) was then added and the mixture was stirred at - 78 ° c . for 30 minutes . the temperature was then raised slowly to room temperature . the reaction was completed in about 3 hours and was followed by tlc . after the reaction was completed , the reaction mixture was poured slowly into saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and 50 ml ether was added . after the extraction , the aqueous layer was extracted with 3 more portions of 25 ml ether , the organic layer was combined , dried and solvent was removed . the crude contained almost pure compound ( 1 ). compound ( 1 ) was purified by column chromatography to give a yield of 100 % based on ( 5a ). while ( 5a ) was separated in step 2 for conversion to ( 1 ), this was found not to be necessary since ( 5b ) is likewise converted to compound ( 1 ) using step ( 3 ) to obtain an even higher overall yield . the following additional examples are provided to further illustrate aspects of the invention : this example illustrates the ozonolysis of (-)- sclareol with ozonolysed sodium periodate to obtain the methyl ketone ( 4 ) as an epimeric mixture of ( 4a ) and ( 4b ). 0 . 67 g ( 3 . 1 mmol ) of sodium periodate was dissolved in 20 ml of methanol and 5 ml water and the mixture was ozonolysed for 30 minutes . ozonolysis was stopped and the solution was bubbled with oxygen for 5 minutes after which 0 . 2 g ( 0 . 64 mmol ) of sclareol was added and the solution was again ozonolysed . the reaction was followed by tlc and the reaction completed in 5 minutes . the solution was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours . the solvent was then removed in vaccuo and the residue was dissolved in 80 ml of methylene chloride . the organic layer was washed with two 50 ml portions of 0 . 4m aqueous sodium thiosulphate solution and two 50 ml portions of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution . the organic layer was dried and the solvent was removed . on column chromatography , 77 % of ( 4 ) was isolated ( 4a : 4b 4 : 1 ). the ozonolysis in this example and in all the preceding examples was conducted as follows : ozone was generated by a welsbach model t - 408 ozonator using 99 . 9 % oxygen without further purification . the voltage was set at 100 v , pressure at 5 lb / in 2 and the flow rate was 0 . 02 ml 3 / min . ozone was introduced to the reaction mixture in a round bottom flask by a narrow pipet . the flow rate of ozone in the effluent stream of the ozonised gas from the ozonator was measured by a standard aqueous potassium iodide solution at determined time intervals and the iodine produced was back titrated by sodium thiosulphate solution . it was found that the flow rate of ozone was 4 mmol / min . this procedure was followed for all ozonolyses described herein unless otherwise specified . this example illustrates the ozonolysis of (-)- sclareol to prepare the methyl ketone ( 4 ) using pre - ozonolysed iodine : 0 , 096 ( 0 . 38 mmol ) of iodine was dissolved in 20 ml of isopropanol . the solution was ozonolysed as in example 33 at room temperature ( 25 ° c .) for 10 minutes , then bubbled by oxygen for 5 minutes after which 0 . 2 ml of distilled water and 0 . 2 g ( 0 . 64 mmol ) of sclareol were added . the solution was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours and the reaction was then worked up as in example 33 to give 85 % of the methyl ketone as an epimeric mixture of 4a : 4b in about a 4 : 1 ratio . this example illustrate the invention by reaction of ozonolysed sclareol with potassium iodide : 0 . 2 g ( 0 . 64 mmol ) of sclareol was dissolved in 20 ml of isopropanol . the solution was ozonolysed for 5 minutes after which a suspension of 0 . 4 g ( 2 . 5 mmol ) of potassium iodide in glacial acetic acid was added . the solution immediately turned from colorless to dark brown . the solution was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours and worked up as in example 33 . a yield of 82 % of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) was obtained with a 10 : 1 ratio of ( 4a ) to ( 4b ). features of the invention are further illustrated by the following examples which illustrate the preparation of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) in epimeric mixture from vinyl ether ( 8 ), the latter being initially prepared by the ozonolysis of (-)- sclareol as described earlier herein . this example illustrates the preparation of the methyl ketone ( 4 ) using iodine : to 0 . 1 g of ( 0 . 38 mmol ) of the vinyl ether ( 8 ) in 20 ml . of t - butanol , 0 . 19 g ( 0 . 39 mmol ) of iodine was added ( ph = 1 ). the solution was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours . the reaction mixture was then poured into 50 ml of 0 . 4m sodium thiosulfate solution . the aqueous layer was extracted with four 20 ml portions of methylene chloride . the organic layer was washed with two 50 ml portions of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and two 50 ml portions of brine . the organic layer was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated . the residue was almost pure methyl ketone ( 4 ). the residue was chromatographed and 0 . 1 g of the methyl ketone with a 4 : 1 ratio of ra :( 4b ) was isolated . quantitative yields of the methyl ketone were obtained when the t - butanol was replaced by isopropanol and / or methanol . this example illustrates the preparation of the methyl ketone epimeric mixture from vinyl ether ( 8 ) using t - butylhypoiodite as the iodine - containing compound . the example also illustrates the importance of using an acid ph . to 0 . 19 g ( 0 . 39 mmol ) of iodine in 20 ml t - butanol , 0 . 06 g ( 0 . 53 mmol ) of potassium t - butoxide was added . the resulting solution was stirred for 15 minutes . the ph of the solution was 11 . 0 . 1 g ( 0 . 38 mmol ) of the vinyl ether ( 8 ) was added to the solution and the solution was then stirred at room temperature for 15 hours . no reaction was observed and the starting material was recovered . to 0 . 19 g ( 0 . 39 mmol ) of iodine in 20 ml t - butanol , 0 . 06 g ( 0 . 53 mmol ) of potassium t - butoxide was added . the solution was stirred for 15 minutes and it was then acidified by addition of 30 % phosphoric acid until a ph of 0 . 88 was obtained . thereafter , 0 . 1 g ( 0 . 38 mmol ) of the vinyl ether was added and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours . the reaction mixture was then poured into 50 ml of 0 . 4m sodium thiosulfate solution and the aqueous layer was extracted with four 20 ml portions of methylene chloride . the organic layer was washed with two 50 ml portions of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and two 50 ml portions of brine . the organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated . the residue was chromatographed and 0 . 105 g of methyl ketone , with a 4 : 1 ratio of ( 4a ):( 4b ), was isolated . as will be evident from the foregoing , the invention may be practiced in a variety of ways . thus , the sclareol and / or iodine or iodine - 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