• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.432-434
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.692-698
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• 1996

A synthesis of the oxazole skeleton of discokiolide B, represented by discokiic acid 1, is described. Aldol condensation of 2[2'-(4-phenyl-3-butenyl)]-1,3-oxazole 4-carboxaldehyde(4a) with lithium enolate of methyl propionate provided the discokiic acid methyl ester. The key intermediate 2[2'-(4-phenyl-3-butenyl)]-1,3-oxazole-4-carboxaldehyde (4a) has been synthesized from the rhodium-catalyzed cycloaddition of diazomalonaldehyde with nitrile. The relative stereochemistry of the 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoate unit of discokiic acid was assigned on the basis of $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR data.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.1545-1550
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• 2004

meso-Functionalized dipyrromethanes 6-10 were synthesized by acid-catalyzed addition of pyrrole to ${\alpha}$-position of 2-alkenyl pyrroles. The regiochemistry of the reaction can be explained by either the formation of more stable carbocation intermediate or ${\beta}$-addition of ${\alpha},{\beta}$-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The starting 2-alkenyl pyrroles were synthesized by Aldol condensation of 2-formylpyrrole with active methylene compounds such as nitromethane, diethylmalonate and malononitrile. Attempted ‘2+2' condensation of meso-diethylmalonyldipyrromethane, meso-(p-tolyl)dipyrromethane and p-tolualdehyde afforded three different porphyrins 12, 13 and 14 in reasonable yields. On the other hand, meso-(nitromethyl)dipyrromethane with p-(tbutyl) benzaldehyde resulted in the formation of three different porphyrins such as 5,15-dicyano-10,20-diarylporphyrin (16), 5-cyano-15-formyl-10,20-diarylporphyrin (17) and 5,15-diformyl-10,20-diarylporphyrin (18) in low yields. Conversion of nitromethyl groups to nitrile and (or) formyl group was observed under the porphyrin forming conditions.