Dispiro-1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes via ozonolysis of cycloalkanone O-methyl oximes:: A comparison with the peroxidation of cycloalkanones in acetonitrile-sulfuric acid media
Dispiro-1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes via ozonolysis of cycloalkanone O-methyl oximes:: A comparison with the peroxidation of cycloalkanones in acetonitrile-sulfuric acid media
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DOI:
10.1021/jo981261i
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发表时间:
1998-11-13
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3.6
通讯作者:
Vennerstrom, JL
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作者:
Dong, YX;Vennerstrom, JL
Dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxanes, also known as ketone diperoxides, dimeric peroxides, or carbonyl oxide dimers, are probably best known as precusors to macrocyclic hydrocarbons and lactones via thermal decomposition. 1 We recently found2 that certain dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxanes possess potent antimalarial activity comparable to artemisinin (qinghaosu), a clinically useful endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone. To optimize activity and elucidate the mechanism of action for this novel class of antimalarial peroxides, the synthesis of structurally diverse dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxanes was required. The most direct method for dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxane synthesis3 is by acid-catalyzed peroxidation of cycloalkanones using aqueous hydrogen peroxide, a reaction optimized by Sanderson et al. 4 and by McCullough et al., 5 or by the use of bis (trimethylsilyl) peroxide in the presence of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate in an anhydrous variant on this reaction. 6 Unfortunately, in some cases, a complex mixture of peroxidic products is formed including trispiro-1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8-hexaoxonanes and various hydroperoxide intermediates along with the desired dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxanes. 4a, 7 Alternatively, dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxanes can be obtained by ozonolysis of cycloalkylidenecycloalkanes8 or cycloalkanone enol ethers9 and conceivably by ozonolysis of cycloalkanone O-methyl oximes. Indeed, ozonolysis of the O-methyl oximes of acetophenone and several of its analogues by Ito et al. 10 afforded the corresponding 1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxane products, which were not readily available via the acid-catalyzed peroxidation route due to a preference for the BaeyerrVilliger reaction. More recently, Griesbaum11 has developed the coozonolysis of O-methyl oximes and ketones as a convienent route to prepare a variety of ozonides (1, 2, 4-trioxolanes), suggesting carbonyl oxides are formed upon ozonolysis of O-methyl oximes. In this work, we show that ozonolysis of cycloalkanone O-methyl oximes is a useful alternative synthetic route to dispiro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetraoxanes, some of which could not be obtained via acid-catalyzed peroxidation of the corresponding cycloalkanones.