Claims
- 1. A process for producing a substituted cyclopentanone or cyclohexanone derivative represented by the formula (IV): ##STR59## wherein U denotes (.alpha.-H, .beta.-R.sup.5) when X is (.alpha.-OZ, .beta.-H) and also denotes (.alpha.-R.sup.5, .beta.-H) when X is (.alpha.-H, .beta.-OZ); Z denotes a hydrogen atom or a protective group for the hydroxyl group selected from the group consisting of a trialkylsilyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an aralkyloxyalkyl group, a trityl group and a tetrahydropyranyl group; R.sup.1 denotes a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-10 alkyl group, alkenyl group, or alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; R.sup.5 denotes a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-10 alkyl group, alkenyl group, or alkynyl group, and n is 1 or 2,
- said process comprising reacting a compound represented by the formula (IIIa): ##STR60## wherein X denotes (.alpha.-OZ, .beta.-H) or (.alpha.-H, .beta.-OZ); Z denotes a hydrogen atom or a protective group for the hydroxyl group selected from the group consisting of a trialkylsilyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an aralkyloxyalkyl group, a trityl group and a tetrahydropyranyl group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each denotes a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-10 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 being the same or different from each other; and R.sup.1 and n are defined as above
- with a nucleophilic reagent represented by the formula (VIII):
- R.sup.5 M.sup.2 (VIII)
- where M.sup.2 denotes a metal selected from Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Ti, Zr, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Sn, or a group containing said metal; and R.sup.5 is defined as above.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein Z denotes a hydrogen atom or a protective group for the hydroxyl group selected from the group consisting of a trimethylsilyl group, a t-butyldimethylsilyl group, a methoxymethyl group, a benzyloxymethyl group, a trityl group and a tetrahydropyranyl group.
- 3. The process of claim 1, wherein R.sup.1 denotes a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted C.sub.1-10 alkyl group or a member selected from the group consisting of ##STR61## wherein THP denotes a tetrahydropyranyl group, .sup.t Bu denotes a tertiary butyl group, and EE denotes an ethoxyethyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR62##
- 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the reaction temperature is -100.degree. to about 50.degree. C.
- 5. The process of claim 1, wherein the reaction temperature is -80.degree. to about 0.degree. C.
- 6. The process of claim 1, wherein the amount of the nucleophilic reagent is 0.7 to about 1.3 equivalents for the compound of formula (III a).
- 7. The process of claim 1, wherein the amount of the nucleophilic reagent is 0.5 to about 4 equivalents for the compound of formula (III a).
- 8. The process of claim 1, wherein R.sup.5 is selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, n-octyl group, 4-phenoxybutyl group, 3-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)octyl group, vinyl group, allyl group, 3-(2-tetrahydropiranyloxy)-1-octen-1-yl group, 3-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-5-methyl-1-nonen-1-yl group, 3-(benzyloxymethyloxy)-1-octen-1-yl group, 1-butynyl group, 1-hexynyl group, 1-octynyl group, and 3-(ethoxy-ethyloxy)-1-octen-1-yl group.
- 9. The process of claim 1, wherein R.sup.5 is represented by the formula: ##STR63## wherein Z" denotes a protective group for the hydroxyl group, which may be the same as said protective group Z for the hydroxyl group; the symbol denotes a single bond, double bond, or triple bond; and R.sup.7 denotes a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an unsubstituted phenyl group.
- 10. The process of claim 1, wherein M.sup.2 in formula (VIII) is selected from the group consisting of Li, MgBr, MgI, CuTLi, CuTMgBr, R.sup.8 CuTLi.sub.2, (R.sup.8).sub.2 AlTLi, (R.sup.8).sub.2 Al, and R.sup.8 CuTLiMgBr, wherein R.sup.8 is a group selected from substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-10 alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkylthio group, alkylamino group, alkylsilyl group, alkyloxy group, alkylcarbonyl group, 2-thienyl group, and cyano group, and it may be the same as R.sup.5 mentioned above, and T denotes a halogen atom, cyano group, alkylthio group, arylthio group and thiocyano group.
- 11. The process of claim 1, wherein M.sup.2 in formula (VIII) is ##STR64##
- 12. The process of claim 1, wherein Z denotes a hydrogen atom or a trialkylsilyl protective group.
Priority Claims (4)
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62-149873 |
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62-194947 |
Aug 1987 |
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63-29709 |
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63-43045 |
Feb 1988 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 07/207,549 filed on Jun. 16, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,994,619.
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