• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.847-850
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• 2008

Novel mercaptophenyl carbocyclic C-nucleoside analogue was synthesized via a cyclopentenol intermediate 10, which was prepared using a sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement and ring-closing metathesis (RCM). Friedel-Crafts alkylation was then used to couple the thiophenol.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.1379-1384
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• 2004

Rearrangements of 1,3-oxathiolane sulfoxides 8 and 9 in the presence of base are described from a mechanistic viewpoint of sigmatropic and elimination reactions. In the presence of triethylamine the (Z)-sulfoxide 8 gave the corresponding thiolsulfinate 10 by way of dimerization of the sulfenic acid intermediate 2 at room temperature while the (E)-sulfoxide 9 was recovered even after refluxing in ethyl acetate by the reversal of the [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the sulfenic acid 4. Triethylamine promoted the developing charge separation in the transition state of the sigmatropic rearrangement of the (Z)-sulfoxide 8 to facilitate the ring opening to the sulfenic acid 2. The reason for more facile ring opening of the (Z)-sulfoxide 8 in comparison with the corresponding (E)-sulfoxide 9 is attributable to the differences in the reactivity of the hydrogen adjacent to the carbonyl group. Triethylamine was not strong base to deprotonate the carbonyl-activated methylene hydrogen of the (E)-sulfoxide 9 but enough to catalyze the sigmatropic process of the sulfoxides. The sulfenic acid 2 dimerized to the thiolsulfinate 10 while the sulfenic acid 4 proceeded the sigmatropic ring closure. In the presence of strong base such as potassium hydroxide, the elimination reaction was predominant over the sigmatropic rearrangement. In this reaction condition, both sulfoxides 8a and 9a gave a mixture of the disulfide 12, the isomeric disulfide 14, and the sulfinic acid 13. Under the strong alkaline condition an elimination of activated hydrogen from the carbon adjacent to the carbonyl group to furnish the sulfenic acid 2a and the isomeric sulfenic acid 18. The formation of the transient intermediate in the reaction was proven by isolation of the isomeric disulfide 14. The reactive entity was regarded as the sulfenic acid rather than sulfenate anion under these reaction conditions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.1059-1062
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• 2011

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.54-58
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• 2013

Licochalcones, derived from the dried roots of Glycyrrhiza inflata, have been reported to show various biological activities including antitumor, antiparasitic, antileishmanial, antioxidative, superoxide scavenging, antibacterial, and PTP1B activity. Licochalcone D has an allyl group on ring A instead of ring B, however, most other natural licochalcones possess the group on ring B. Total synthesis of licochalcone D has not been reported even possessing the strongest anti-inflammatory activity. Therefore, the first total synthesis of licochalcone D has been developed by using water-accelerated [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement method.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.26 no.12
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• pp.1109-1116
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• 2003

A series of 3'- and 4'-branched carbocyclic nucleosides 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 were synthesized starting from simple acyclic ketone derivatives. The construction of the required quaternary carbon was made using a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. In addition, the installation of a methyl group in the 3'-position was accomplished using a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction with triethyl 2-phosphonopropionate. Bis-vinyl was successfully cyclized using a Grubbs' catalyst (Ⅱ). Natural bases (adenine, cytosine, uracil) were efficiently coupled with the use of a Pd(0) catalyst.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.668-672
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• 2004

This paper reports the stereoselective synthesis of a novel nucleoside, 4'-methyl branched and bicyclo [3.1.0] hexane locked-nucleoside 12, using a sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/carbene cycloaddition reaction/Curtius reaction strategy with a high stereoselectivity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.1105-1110
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• 2005

Novel anomeric branched carbocyclic nucleosides were synthesized from 1,3-dihydroxy acetone. 4'-Hydroxymethyl was installed by [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement reaction and 1'-methyl group was introduced by carbonyl addition of methylmagnesium bromide. The coupling of nucleosidic bases and desilylation afforded a series of novel nucleosides. The synthesized compounds $16{\~}19$ were evaluated for their antiviral activity against HIV-1, HSV-1, HSV-2, and EMCV. Compounds 16 and 19 exhibit toxicity non-related to any anti-HIV-1 activity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.1284-1288
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• 2003

A very short and concise synthetic route for a novel acyclic version of d4T is described. The required quaternary carbon was successfully installed using a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. The condensation of the mesylates 16-18 with an adenine base under standard nucleophilic substitution conditions ($K_2CO_3$, 18-Crown- 6, DMF) in addition to deblocking afforded the target acyclic nucleosides 22-24. In addition, the antiviral evaluations against various viruses were performed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.2815-2818
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• 2013

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.1289-1292
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• 2003

An efficient synthetic route for preparing novel $4'{\alpha}$-C phenyl branched carbocyclic nucleoside is described. The installation of phenyl group at the $4'$-position of carbocyclic nucleoside was successfully accomplished via a sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) beginning from simple ketone such as 2-hydroxy acetophenone.