Patent Application: US-36187499-A

Abstract:
disclosed are unique starting materials , reaction sequences and intermediate compounds for the preparation of d - 3 - phosphorylated phosphoinositides of unambiguous structure and absolute stereochemistry . the enantiomerically pure d - 3 - phosphorylated phosphoinositides also provided have many uses , including in the development of diagnostics and therapeutics based on the roles of 3 - ppi in intracellular signaling .

Description:
the cellular 3 - ppi all belong to the 1d - myo - inositol stereochemical series . the present approach to synthesis uses 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol (-)- 1 as purposely designed starting material and 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (+)- 3 as a key myo - inositol synthon . for the preparation of the starting material ( fig4 ), reaction of highly purified (±)- 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - myo - inositol ( 8 ) and allyl bromide in dmf at 0 - 5 ° c . with gradual addition of nah as a new protocol providing kinetic control , resulted in highly selective mono - allylation at 3 - oh , such that (±)- 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol 1a ( 9 ) was obtained pure by crystallization without need for liquid chromatography . esterification of the (±)- 3 - o - allyl derivative using ( 1s )-(-)- camphanic acid chloride / net 3 and separation of the diastereomeric esters by mplc on silica and crystallization from acetone gave each of the two diastereomers (& gt ; 80 % yield ) in & gt ; 98 % purity as judged by tlc , hplc and 1 h nmr . alkali catalyzed hydrolysis of the more polar of the two diastereomeric esters 1b , [ α ] d - 16 . 5 °, ( c 1 . 5 chcl 3 ) yielded (-)- 1 , [ α ] d - 9 . 5 °, ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). similar treatment of the less polar diastereomer 1c , [ α ] d - 2 . 03 °, ( c 1 . 0 chcl 3 ) gave (+)- 1d , [ α ] d + 9 . 17 °, ( c 0 . 5 , chcl 3 ). the absolute configuration of each enantiomer was established as follows . reaction of (-)- 1 successively with ( i ) hot hoac - h 2 o to remove both the o - cyclohexylidene protecting groups , and ( ii ) an excess of nah and bnbr in anhydrous dmf , gave 1d - 3 - o - allyl - 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 - penta - o - benzyl - myo - inositol , [ α ] d - 2 . 3 °, ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). treatment of the o - benzyl derivative with potassium tert - butoxide in warm dmso to isomerize o - allyl to o -[ prop - 1 &# 39 ;- enyl ] followed by methanolic hcl ( 10 ) yielded (+)- 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 - penta - o - benzyl - myo - inositol , [ α ] d + 11 . 2 °, ( c 1 . 1 , chcl 3 ). the absolute configuration of (+)- 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 - penta - o - benzyl - myo - inositol has been unequivocally assigned as 1d - 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 - penta - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 11 ). therefore , the absolute configuration of (-)- 1 is derived unambiguously as 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol . similarly , (+)- 1d is assigned the 1l - configuration . in the first step of synthesis ( fig5 ), reaction of (-)- 1 with excess bnbr / nah in dmf at r . t . overnight gave in quantitative yield its 6 - o - benzyl derivative (-)- 2 [ α ] d - 51 . 6 ° ( c 1 . 1 , chcl 3 ). transketalization under kinetic control by reaction of (-)- 2 with ethylene glycol ( 1 . 2 mole )/ catalytic p - tsa in ch 2 cl 2 at r . t . for 3 hr . gave the key synthon (+)- 3 , yield 81 %, [ α ] d + 26 . 2 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). reaction of (+)- 3 in dmf at r . t . for 8 hr . with 1 . 2 moles of allyl bromide and nah yielded the complete set of intermediates required for all four known ptdins - 3 - phosphates . by chromatography on silica , the following pure compounds were obtained ( fig5 ): in 28 % yield , 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (-)-( 4 ) [ α ] d - 11 . 3 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ), lit . [ α ] d - 9 . 2 °, ( c 1 . 5 , chcl 3 ) ( 12 ); in 26 % yield , 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 4 - di - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (+)-( 4a ), [ α ] d + 11 . 6 ° ( c 0 . 82 , chcl 3 ); in 24 % yield , 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 5 - di - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (-)-( 4b ) [ α ] d - 13 . 5 ° ( c 0 . 96 , chcl 3 ); and , in 22 % yield , unchanged starting material (+)- 3 . the overall utilization of (+)- 3 is 90 % considering that the recovered compound is converted into (-)- 4e in the next step ( complete benzylation ). alternatively , reaction of (+)- 3 as above but using an excess of allyl bromide / nah yielded (-)-( 4 ) in quantitative yield . compounds (+)- 4a , (-)- 4b , and (+)- 3 each were treated with an excess of bnbr and nah in dmf at r . t . for 16 hr . and gave quantitative yields of the fully o - protected myo - inositols (-)- 4c [ α ] d - 5 . 6 ° ( c 1 . 43 , chcl 3 ), (-)- 4d [ α ] d - 21 . 3 ° ( c 1 . 23 , chcl 3 ), and (-)- 4e [ α ] d - 25 . 3 ° ( c 2 . 0 , chcl 3 ). compounds (-)- 4 , (-)- 4c , (-)- 4d , and (-)- 4e are intermediates respectively for the synthesis of ptdins ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 , ptdins ( 3 , 4 ) p 2 , ptdins ( 3 , 5 ) p 2 , and ptdins ( 3 ) p , by the sequence of reactions illustrated for ptdins ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 series ( fig6 a , 6b and 6c ). on heating at 95 ° c . for 3 hr . with acetic acid - water ( 80 : 20 ), (-)- 4 lost the o - cyclohexylidene protection and gave the 1 , 2 - diol (-)- 5 [ α ] d - 16 . 2 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ), lit . [ α ] d - 10 ° ( c 2 , chcl 3 ). reaction of (-)- 5 with bu 2 sno in toluene with azeotropic removal of h 2 o , rotary evaporation , solvent change to dmf and treatment with 4 - methoxybenzyl chloride at 50 ° c . for 8 hr . provided high selectivity for reaction at the equatorial 1 - oh over axial 2 - oh ( 91 : 9 ) and gave after chromatography on silica (+)- 6 [ α ] d + 6 . 8 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). on treatment with excess bnbr / nah in dmf at r . t . for 16 hr ., (+)- 6 produced 1d - 1 - o -( 4 &# 39 ;- methoxybenzyl )- 3 , 4 , 5 - o - tri - o - allyl - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (-)- 7 [ α ] d - 8 . 0 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). compound (-)- 7 incorporates 3 types of blocking groups arranged for selective and successive deblocking and liberation of hydroxyls , from o - allyls for dibenzylphos - phorylation , from the 1 - o -( 4 &# 39 ;- methoxybenzyl ) for phosphatidylation , and the o - benzyls to regenerate the free hydroxyls in the target structure . reaction of (-)- 7 with 10 % pd - c in methanol - acetic acid - water ( 98 : 2 : 0 . 1 ) under reflux caused complete o - deallylation to yield (-)- 8 [ α ] d - 7 . 5 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). reaction of (-)- 8 in dmf with nah and tetrabenzyl pyrophosphate ( 13 ) produced the 3 , 4 , 5 - tris - o -( dibenzyl phosphate ) derivative (-)- 9 [ α ] d - 9 . 5 ° ( c 2 . 9 , chcl 3 ). the treatment of (-)- 9 with ddq in ch 2 cl 2 yielded the 1d - 2 , 6 - o - dibenzyl - myo - inositol 3 , 4 , 5 - tris -( dibenzylphosphate ) (-)- 10 [ α ] d - 6 . 5 ° ( c 0 . 2 , chcl 3 ), a key intermediate for the preparation of ptdins ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 . the same sequence of reactions as described above for compound (-)- 4 ( fig6 a , 6b and 6c ), carried out with (-)- 4c , (-)- 4d , and (-)- 4e , gave 10c , 10d , and 10e as the corresponding intermediates respectively for the preparation of ptdins ( 3 , 4 ) p 2 , ptdins ( 3 , 5 ) p 2 , and ptdins ( 3 ) p . the next step in this synthesis is the condensation of the selectively protected 1d - myo - inositol derivative (-)- 10 , 10c , 10d , or 10e with the lipid sn - 3 - phosphatidic acid . methods for the preparation of sn - 3 - phosphatidic acids are well known in the literature and in fact sn - phospahtidic acids with a variety of fattyacyls are available from commercial sources . reaction of (-)- 10 with 1 , 2 - dihexadecanoyl - sn - glycero - 3 - phosphoric acid ( 14 ) ( 13 ) in anhydrous pyridine and triisopropyl - benzenesulfonyl chloride as condensing agent ( 15 ) at r . t . for 18 hr . gave the phosphodiester product 1d - 1 -( 1 &# 39 ;, 2 &# 39 ;- dihexadecanoyl - sn - glycero - 3 &# 39 ;- phospho )- myo - inositol - 3 , 4 , 5 - tris -( dibenzylphosphate ) (+)- 11 [ α ] d + 4 . 0 ° ( c 0 . 3 , chcl 3 ). hydrogenolysis of (+)- 11 in ethanol using pd - black and h 2 gas at 45 psi yielded 1d -( 1 &# 39 ;, 2 &# 39 ;- dihexadecanoyl - sn - glycero - 3 &# 39 ;- phospho )- myo - inositol - 3 , 4 , 5 - trisphosphate , ptdins ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 , (+)- 12 [ α ] d + 5 . 8 ° ( c 0 . 2 , chcl 3 -- meoh -- h 2 o , 2 : 1 : 0 . 1 ), lit . [ α ] d + 3 . 7 ( c 0 . 5 , chcl 3 ). 5b the present choice of preformed sn - 3 - phosphatidic acid as the lipid synthon merits special comment . it contrasts with the related syntheses which all utilize sn - 1 , 2 - diacylglycerol in tetrazole - catalyzed reaction with ( benzyloxy ) bis ( n , n - diisopropylamino )- phosphine , bnop ( nch ( ch 3 ) 2 ) 2 , or related phosphoramidite ( 5 ). the use of sn - 3 - phosphatidic acid prepared from natural sn - glycero - 3 - phosphocholine avoids problems endemic to the chemistry of 1 , 2 - diacylglycerol . the latter isomerize readily via neighboring o - acyl migration to equilibrium mixtures comprising the 1 , 2 -, 1 , 3 - and 2 , 3 - diacylglycerols ( 16 ), and indeed 1 , 3 - dihexadecanoyl - glycerol is detected by tlc in the tetrazole - catalyzed reaction of sn - 1 , 2 - dihexadecanoylglycerol with bnop ( nch ( ch 3 ) 2 ) 2 ( 17 ). this equilibration is tantamount to racemization which is virtually complete for the reaction of sn - 1 , 2 - dihexanoylglycerol . such propensity for racemization is absent from sn - 3 - phosphatidic acids . this is critically important for synthesis of ptdins - 3 - phosphates with hexanoyl or shorter chain acyls . in contrast with the long chain acyl derivatives which are self - aggregating in water , the short chain analogues are expected to form monomeric solutions and are considered advantageous as biochemical probes ( 3 , 4 ). the absolute configuration of sn - 3 - phosphatidic acids is well established , and that of the key myo - inositol synthon is derived unequivocally based on their preparation from (-)- 1 . the one - step esterification of the sn - 3 - phosphatidic acid and the myo - inositol synthon is stereochemically innocuous . thus , the present approach ensures that the structural and stereochemical integrity of the lipid and the myo - inositol synthons is conveyed faithfully and unambiguously to the target phosphatidylinositol - 3 - phosphates . the partial synthesis of 3 - ppi by regioselective phosphorylation at 3 - oh in preformed phosphoinositides ( fig7 ) is illustrated by the regioselective phosphorylation at 3 - oh of ptdins ( 4 , 5 ) p 2 . a 2 , 3 - dibutylstannylene derivative was formed in situ by reaction with dibutyltin oxide followed by reaction with dibenzyl chlorophosphate without overt blocking of other alcoholic hydroxyls in the molecule . purification followed by removal of benzyl protection by hydrogenation gave ptdins ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 , identical in tlc comparison with the product (+)- 12 but different from ptdins ( 2 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 obtained by unequivocal synthesis from 1d - 1 -( 1 &# 39 ;, 2 &# 39 ;- dihexadecanoyl - sn - glycero - 3 &# 39 ;- phospho )- 3 , 6 - dibenzyl - myo - inositol - 4 , 5 - bis ( dibenzylphosphate ). in an alternative approach , the reaction at room temperature between ptdins - benzyl ester ( fig8 ) in anhydrous pyridine with 2 - trichloroethylphosphoric acid using triisopropylbenzenesulphonyl chloride gave a mixture . with 0 . 1 mol proportion of 2 - trichloroethylphosphoric acid , a single product was formed . on treatment with activated zinc and acetic acid to remove the 2 - trichloroethyl protecting group , followed by nai in anhydrous acetone for anionic debenzylation , a mixture of unchanged ptdins and ptdins ( 3 ) p was obtained , and separated by liquid chromatography on aminiopropylsilica column . the product distribution in the phosphorylation of ptdins - benzyl ester described above was controlled experimentally by varying the mol proportion of the reactants to obtain concurrently all possible 3 - ppi structures as phosphoinositide &# 34 ; libraries &# 34 ;. the individual 3 - ppi as well as the &# 34 ; libraries &# 34 ; have immense potential value as probes in bioactivity screens . other direct or indirect phosphorylation reagents and protocols may be utilized for the phosphorylation step . to a solution of 105 g ( 0 . 309 mol ) of dl - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - myo - inositol in 400 ml dmf , 26 ml ( 0 . 30 mol ) allyl bromide ( from a dropping funnel ) was added under n 2 at 0 - 5 ° c . and 16 . 6 g ( 0 . 415 mol , 40 % oil ) nah was added gradually . reaction was left at r . t . overnight . tlc ( solvent : ch 2 cl 2 / ether 95 : 5 ) showed d , l - 1 : 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol as the major product . excess nah was destroyed with dh 2 o at 0 - 5 ° c . dmf and h 2 o were evaporated . residue was extracted with chcl 3 , dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction product crystallized three times from acetone gave pure dl - 1 : 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol ( 1a ). ( 76 . 3 g , 65 %). to a solution of 25 . 5 g ( 0 . 067 mol ) of d , l - 1 : 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol ( 1a ) in 200 ml ch 2 cl 2 , 10 ml triethylamine and 16 . 0 g ( 0 . 074 mol ) of ( 1s )-(-)- camphanic acid chloride in ch 2 cl 2 ( from a dropping funnel ) were added at 0 - 5 ° c . reaction was left at r . t . overnight . tlc ( solvent : hexane / ethyl acetate 80 : 20 ) showed reaction was complete . reaction was neutralized , extracted , dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel , 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ch 2 cl 2 / ethyl acetate followed with crystalization gave pure 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - camphanate - myo - inositol ( 1b ). ( 37 . 5 g , 100 %) [ α ] d =- 16 . 5 ° ( c 1 . 5 , chcl 3 ). to 14 . 2 g ( 25 . 3 mmol ) of 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - camphanate - myo - inositol ( 1b ), 500 ml ether , 500 ml ethanol , 100 mg ( 0 . 29 mmol ) of tetrabutyl ammonium hydrogen sulfate and 3 . 35 g ( 79 . 8 mmol ) lithium hydroxide ( in 30 ml dh 2 o , from a dropping funnel ) were added . reaction was left at r . t . overnight . tlc ( solvent : ch 2 cl 2 / ether 95 : 5 ) showed reaction was complete . ether and ethanol were evaporated . residue was extracted , dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was passed through a short column , eluted with chcl 3 , gave pure 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol ( 1 ). ( 9 . 6 g , 100 %) [ α ] d =- 9 . 5 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). to a solution of 8 . 64 g ( 23 mmol ) of 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - myo - inositol ( 1 ) in 180 ml dmf , 3 . 2 g ( 80 mmol , 40 % oil ) nah and 4 ml ( 33 . 6 mmol ), from a dropping funnel ) benzyl bromide were added under n 2 at 0 - 5 ° c . reaction was left at r . t . overnight . tlc ( solvent : hexane / ethyl acetate 80 : 20 ) showed reaction was complete . excess nah was destroyed with dh 2 o at 0 - 5 ° c . dmf and h 2 o were evaporated , residue was extracted , dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ethyl acetate gave pure 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 2 ). ( 10 . 8 g , 100 %) [ α ] d - 51 . 6 ° ( c 1 . 1 , chcl 3 ). to a solution of 6 . 1 g ( 13 . 0 mmol ) of 1d - 1 , 2 : 4 , 5 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 2 ) in 65 ml ch 2 cl 2 ( dried over p 2 o 5 for 1 hr ), 0 . 5 ml ( 8 . 97 mmol ) of ethylene glycol and 48 mg ( 0 . 252 mmol ) of p - toluenesulfonic acid were added under n 2 at r . t . after 2 hrs , tlc ( solvent : ch 2 cl 2 / acetone 95 : 5 , product rf : 0 . 2 ) showed reaction was complete . 5 drops of triethylamine , 15 drops of dh 2 o and 1 . 0438 g ( 11 . 9 mmol ) of khco 3 were added to the flask . reaction was later diluted with 200 ml ch 2 cl 2 , filtered , dried , filtered again and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ethyl acetate gave pure1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 3 ). ( 4 . 1 g , 81 %) [ α ] d =+ 26 . 2 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl ). 1 h - nmr ( 300 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ ppm 1 . 54 - 1 . 71 ( br m , 10h , cyclohex -), 2 . 7 ( br , 2h , oh ), 3 . 38 ( ψt , j 9 . 6 hz , 1h , h - 5 ), 3 . 41 - 3 . 56 ( m , 2h , h - 3 & amp ; h - 6 ), 3 . 89 ( ψt , j 9 . 4 hz , 1h , h - 4 ), 4 . 01 - 4 . 15 ( m , 1h , h - 1 ), 4 . 16 - 4 . 28 ( m , 2h , ch 2 -- c ═), 4 . 38 ( dd , j 4 . 2 , 4 . 2 hz , 1h , h - 2 ), 4 . 81 ( q , 2h , j 11 . 4 & amp ; 91 . 8 , phenyl - ch 2 ), 5 . 19 - 5 . 34 ( m , 2h , ch 2 ═ c ), 5 . 89 - 6 . 03 ( m , 1h , -- ch ═ c ), 7 . 24 - 7 . 38 ( m , 5h , c 6 h 5 ). in diacetate of (+)- 3 , 3 . 89 h - 4 , 3 . 38 h - 5 signals shift to 5 . 30 and 4 . 99 . to a solution of 2 . 4 g ( 6 . 1538 mmol ) of 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 3 ) in 50 ml dmf , 1 . 24 g ( 31 mmol , 40 % oil ) of nah and 2 ml ( 23 . 0 mmol ) of allyl bromide were added under n 2 at 0 - 5 ° c . reaction was left at r . t . overnight . tlc ( solvent : hexane / ethyl acetate 80 : 20 ) showed reaction was complete . excess nah was destroyed with dh 2 o at 0 - 5 ° c . reaction was extracted with chcl 3 , dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ch 2 cl 2 / ethyl acetate gave pure1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 4 ). ( 2 . 9 g , 100 %) [ α ] d =- 11 . 3 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). reaction of (+)- 3 in dmf at r . t . for 8 hr . with 1 . 2 moles of allyl bromide and nah yielded the complete set of intermediates required for all four known ptdins - 3 - phosphates . by chromatography on silica , the following pure compounds were obtained ( fig5 ): in 28 % yield , 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (-)-( 4 ) [ α ] d - 11 . 3 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ), lit . [ α ] d - 9 . 2 °, ( c 1 . 5 , chcl 3 ); in 26 % yield , 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 4 - di - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (+)-( 4a ), [ α ] d + 11 . 6 ° ( c 0 . 82 , chcl 3 ); in 24 % yield , 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 5 - di - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol (-)-( 4b ) 10 [ α ] d - 13 . 5 ° ( c 0 . 96 , chcl 3 ); and , in 22 % yield , unchanged starting material (+)- 3 . the structures of the two monobenzyl derivatives were established by nmr spectra below . (+)- 4a , 1 h - nmr ( 300 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ ppm 1 . 17 - 1 . 74 ( br m , 10h , cyclohex -), 2 . 64 ( br , 1h , oh ), 3 . 44 ( ψt , j 9 . 5 hz , 1h , h - 5 ), 3 . 56 - 3 . 68 ( m , 2h , h - 3 and h - 6 ), 4 . 12 ( ψt , j 5 . 9 hz , 1h , h - 4 ), 4 . 17 - 4 . 21 ( m , 1h , h - 1 ), 4 . 17 - 4 . 32 ( m , 4h , 2 ch 2 -- c ═), 4 . 35 ( dd , j 4 . 2 , 4 . 2 hz , 1h , h - 2 ), 4 . 80 ( q , 2h , j 12 . 0 and 57 . 0 , phenyl - ch 2 ), 5 . 13 - 5 . 32 ( m , 4h , 2 ch 2 ═ c ), 5 . 85 - 5 . 97 ( m , 2h , - 2 ch ═ c ), 7 . 18 - 7 . 38 ( m , 5h , c 6 h 5 ). in the monoacetate of (+)- 4a , the 3 . 44 h - 5 signal shifts downfield to 4 . 93 . the 1 h - nmr of (-)- 4c , the o - benzyl derivative of (+)- 4a , was identical with the spectrum of dl - 4c prepared by complete benzylation , selective removal of 3 , 4 - o - cyclohexylidene , and complete allylation from dl - 1 , 2 : 3 , 4 - di - o - cyclohexylidene - myo - inositol ( garegg , p . j ; iversen , t . ; johansson , r . ; lindberg , b . carbohydr . res . 1984 , 130 , 322 - 326 )]. (-)-( 4b ) 1 h - nmr ( 300 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ ppm 1 . 34 - 1 . 72 ( br m , 10h , cyclohex -), 2 . 59 ( br , 1h , oh ), 3 . 16 ( ψt , j 9 . 4 hz , 1h , h - 5 ), 3 . 48 ( q , j 9 . 6 and 3 . 7 , 1h , h - 3 ), 3 . 62 ( ψt , j 6 . 6 hz , 1h , h - 6 ), 3 . 93 ( ψt , j 9 . 5 hz , 1h , h - 4 ), 4 . 11 ( q , j 5 . 2 and 7 . 0 hz , 1h , h - 1 ), 4 . 17 - 4 . 38 ( m , 4h , 2 ch 2 -- c ═), 4 . 41 ( dd , j 4 . 1 , 1 . 1 hz , 1h , h - 2 ), 4 . 80 ( q , 2h , j 11 . 4 and 35 . 4 , phenyl - ch 2 ), 5 . 13 - 5 . 34 ( m , 4h , 2 ch 2 ═ c ), 5 . 87 - 5 . 98 ( m , 2h , 2 -- ch ═ c ), 7 . 23 - 7 . 38 ( m , 5h , c 6 h 5 ). in the monoacetate of (-)- 4b , 3 . 93 h - 4 signal is shifted downfield to 5 . 33 and the latter shows spin connectivity to 3 . 28 h - 5 and 3 . 58 h - 3 signals observed by selective irradiation at 5 . 58 and 1 h cosy ( 500 mhz ). to 4 . 4 g ( 9 . 36 mmol ) of 1d - 1 , 2 - o - cyclohexylidene - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 4 ), 80 % aqueous acetic acid was added , reaction was heated at 90 ° c . for several hrs . tlc ( solvent : chcl 3 / meoh 95 : 5 ) showed the conversion was complete . reaction was then neutralized ( with khco 3 ), extracted ( with chcl 3 ), dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of chcl 3 / meoh to give pure 1d - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 5 ). ( 3 . 65 g , 100 %) [ α ] d =- 16 . 2 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). a mixture of 3 . 65 g ( 9 . 3 mmol ) of 1d - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - myo - inositol ( 5 ), 2 . 65 g ( 1 . 06 mmol ) of bu 2 sno and 50 ml toluene was heated under reflux , with azeotropic removal of water , for 2 hrs . mixture was heated under reflux for 1 more hr after adding 150 mg ( 0 . 44 mmol ) of tetrabutyl ammonium hydrogen sulfate . toluene was then evaporated and 50 ml dmf along with 2 . 55 ml ( 1 . 88 mmol ) of 4 - methoxybenzyl chloride were added . reaction was heated at 108 - 110 ° c . for several hrs . tlc ( solvent : ch 2 cl 2 / acetone 95 : 5 product rf : 0 . 4 ) showed reaction was complete . dmf was evaporated and residue was extracted , dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ch 2 cl 2 / ethyl acetate gave pure 1d - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 6 ). ( 3 . 99 g , 84 %) [ α ] d =+ 6 . 8 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). (+)- 6 1 h - nmr ( 300 mhz , cdcl 3 ): δ ppm 2 . 54 ( br , 1h , oh ), 3 . 05 ( dd , j 2 . 4 and 10 . 0 hz , 1h , h - 1 ), 3 . 13 - 3 . 23 ( m , 2h , h - 3 and h - 6 ), 3 . 23 - 3 . 77 ( m , 1h , h - 5 ), 3 . 73 ( s , 3h , och 3 ), 3 . 87 ( ψt , j 10 . 1 hz , 1h , h - 4 ), 3 . 97 - 3 . 99 ( m , 1h , h - 2 ), 4 . 20 - 4 . 28 ( m , 6h , 3 ch 2 -- c ═), 4 . 43 - 4 . 80 ( m , 4h , 2 phenyl - ch 2 ), 5 . 05 - 5 . 25 ( m , 6h , 3 ch 2 ═ c ), 5 . 77 - 5 . 95 ( m , 3h , 3 -- ch ═ c ), 6 . 75 - 6 . 79 ( m , 2h , aromat -), 7 . 13 - 7 . 35 ( m , 7h , aromat -). in the monoacetate of (+)- 6 , the 3 . 97 - 3 . 99 h - 2 signal shifted to 5 . 56 ppm . to a solution of 2 . 728 g ( 5 . 68 mmol ) of 1d - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 6 - o - benzyl - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 6 ) in 20 ml dmf , 0 . 623 g ( 15 . 57 mmol , 40 % oil ) nah , 0 . 66 ml ( 5 . 55 mmol ) of benzyl bromide ( from a dropping funnel ) were added under n 2 at 0 - 5 ° c . reaction was left at r . t . under n 2 with stirring overnight . excess nah was destroyed with dh 2 o at 0 - 5 ° c . dmf and h 2 o were evaporated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ch 2 cl 2 / ethyl acetate gave pure 1d - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 7 ). ( 3 . 4 g , 100 %) [ α ] d =- 7 . 5 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). to a solution of 437 . 8 mg ( 0 . 7296 mmol ) of 1d - 3 , 4 , 5 - tri - o - allyl - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 7 ) in 4 ml dmso , 1 . 45 g ( 12 . 921 mmol ) of potassium tert - butoxide was added . reaction was heated at 55 ° c . with n 2 atmosphere for several hrs . tlc ( solvent : hexane / ethyl acetate 85 : 15 develop twice ) showed the starting material had convered into the corresponding propenyl . reaction was neutralized with 0 . 1m hcl to ph = 7 , extracted , dried , filtered and concentrated . meoh / hoac ( 95 : 5 , 8 ml ) was added to the first step product , reaction was heated at 70 ° c . for 21 / 2 hrs . tlc ( solvent : chcl 3 / meoh / nh 4 oh 90 : 10 : 1 ) showed the desired product . reaction was then filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of chcl 3 / meoh gave pure 1d - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 1 - p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 8 ). ( 263 mg , 75 %) [ α ] d =- 7 . 5 ° ( c 1 . 0 , chcl 3 ). to a solution of 169 . 9 mg ( 0 . 3539 mmol ) of 1d - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 8 ) in 10 ml ch 2 cl 2 ( dried over p 2 o 5 ), 297 . 5 mg ( 4 . 247 mmol ) of 1h tetrazole and 0 . 7 ml ( 2 . 1237 mmol ) of n , n - diisopropyl dibenzylphosphoramidite were added , reaction was stirred at r . t . for 15 mins . a - 40 ° c . cold bath was prepared and 770 mg ( 4 . 462 mmol ) of 3 - chloroperoxybenzoic acid was added to the reaction in the cold bath , reaction was stirred at 0 ° c . for 15 mins . tlc ( solvent : hexane / ethyl acetate 60 : 40 ) showed the reaction was complete . 250 ml of 20 % na 2 so 3 solution was added , reaction was stirred at r . t . for 40 mins . nai test was checked ( negative ). reaction was then extracted with ch 2 cl 2 , washed with saturated nahco 3 , followed with saturated nacl solution . ch 2 cl 2 layer was dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ) eluted with a gradient of hexane / ethyl acetate gave pure 1d - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 3 , 4 , 5 - tris - dibenzylphosphanate - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 9 ). ( 356 . 7 mg , 80 %) [ α ] d =- 9 . 5 ° ( c 2 . 9 , chcl 3 ). to 407 . 2 mg ( 0 . 33 mmol ) of 1d - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 3 , 4 , 5 - tris - dibenzylphosphate - 1 -( p - methoxybenzyl )- myo - inositol ( 9 ), 150 . 3 mg ( 0 . 662 mmol ) of 2 , 3 - dichloro - 5 , 6 - dicyano - 1 , 4 - benzoquinone , 12 ml ch 2 cl 2 and 4 drops of dh 2 o were added . reaction was stirred at r . t . for 1 hr . tlc ( solvent : chcl 3 / ether 80 : 20 ) showed reaction was complete . reaction was diluted with chcl 2 , washed with cold saturated nahco 3 solution , followed with cold saturated nacl solution , ch 2 cl 2 layer was dried , filtered and concentrated . crude reaction was chromatographed on silica gel ( 200 - 425 mesh ), eluted with a gradient of chcl 3 / ether gave pure 1d - 2 , 6 - di - o - benzyl - 3 , 4 , 5 - tris - dibenzylphosphate - myo - inositol ( 10 ). ( 335 . 9 mg , 89 %) [ α ] d =- 6 . 5 ° ( c 0 . 2 , chcl 3 ). a solution of the monohydroxy derivative (-)- 10 ( 0 . 0578 g ), 1 , 2 - dihexadecanoyl - sn - glycero - 3 - phosphoric acid ( sn - 3 - phosphatidic acid - dihexadecanoyl , 13 ) ( 0 . 0761 g ) and triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl chloride ( 0 . 0685 g ) in anhydrous pyridine ( 0 . 75 ml ) was stirred at r . t . for 2 . 5 hr . water ( 1 ml ) was added , the mixture stirred for 1 hr and solvent evaporated in a vacuo . the residue , chromatographed on silicagel ( hplc ) eluted with a gradient of chcl 3 -- ch 3 oh gave the major product 1d -( 1 -( 1 &# 39 ;, 2 &# 39 ;- dihexadecnoyl - sn - glycero - 3 &# 39 ;- phospho )- 2 , 6 - dibenzyl - d - myo - inositol - 3 , 4 , 5 - tris ( dibenzylphosphate ) (+)- 11 , [ α ] d + 4 . 0 ° ( c 0 . 3 , chcl 3 ), ( 0 . 0685 g , 69 %). compound (+)- 11 ( 0 . 0437 g ) and pd black catalyst ( 0 . 0855 g ) in etoh - terbutanol ( 1 : 1 , 10 ml ) were shaken in h 2 ( 50 psi ) in a parr hydrogenation apparatus for 16 h . the catalyst was filtered and washed with aqueous ethanol . the filtrate and washings were evaporated to dryness in a vacuo and the residue washed with acetone to obtain the acetone insoluble product ptdins ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) p 3 - dihexadecanoyl , (+)- 12 ) as a white powder ( 0 . 025 mg , 92 %), [ α ] d + 5 . 8 ° ( c 0 . 2 , chcl 3 -- meoh -- h 2 o , 2 : 1 : 0 . 1 ). the two step reaction between ptdins ( 4 , 5 ) p 2 and dibenzyl chlorophosphate was carried out as one - pot operation as follows . ptdins ( 4 , 5 ) p 2 24 , ( in solution in chloroform - methanol - water ( 2 : 1 : 0 . 1 ) was treated with an excess of net 3 and the solvents removed by rotary evaporation under reduced pressure . the resulting triethylammonium salt was dried in a vacuo over koh pellets . the dried salt was dissolved a mixture of anhydrous methanol and toluene , mixed with dibutyltin oxide ( 1 mol . equiv .) and heated at 50 ° c . for 2 hr . the solvents methanol and toluene were evaporated in a vacuum . the methanol - free residue was suspended in anhydrous thf + dmf ( 1 : 1 ) containing anhydrous net 3 ( excess ), cooled to - 23 ° c . and stirred under inert gas and a solution of dibenzyl chlorophosphate ( excess ) in carbon tetrachloride was added dropwise . the reaction was stirred at - 23 ° c . for 5 hr ., allowed to warm to 5 ° c . and treated with and allowed to stand with ice - cold water overnight . the volatiles were removed under reduced pressure , the residue dissolved in chloroform - methanol - 0 . 5 aqueous hcl and the proportions adjusted to 2 : 2 : 1 . 5 to obtain the lipids in the chloroform layer . analysis of the chloroform layer by tlc using several protocols indicated the presence of products ptdins ( 3 , 45 ) p 3 . 1 . 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