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Total Synthesis and Structural Elucidation of Two Unusual Non-Methylene-Interrupted Fatty Acids in Ovaries of the Limpet Cellana toreuma

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In our previous study, unusual odd-numbered dienoic acids with a terminal olefin were found as minor components in ovaries of the Japanese limpet Cellana toreuma, and the synthetic interests have been focused onto their structural confirmation and the inspection into their potential biological activity. Here, we describe an efficient and stereoselective total synthesis of two new unusual dienoic acids, 19:2∆7,18 and 21:2∆7,20, through a common pathway involving the strategic combination of alkyne-zipper reaction and Lindlar hydrogenation for the construction of their unique carbon chains. In our synthetic study, 2-propyn-1-ol was at first subjected to alkylation and alkyne-zipper reaction to form the two fragments, and the subsequent carbon chain elongation was achieved by the usual coupling reaction to obtain the C-19 and C-21 products bearing an internal acetylenic group. Then, the internal acetylenic group of these products was subjected to Lindlar hydrogenation to form a Z-alkenyl moiety, and the subsequent deprotection of the products was carried out under an acidic condition without isomerization of the internal Z-alkenyl group. Total synthesis of target fatty acids, 19:2∆7,18 and 21:2∆7,20, was finally accomplished by two-step oxidation of the resulting alcohols into carboxylic acids in a highly chemoselective manner, and the structures of these unusual natural fatty acids were finally elucidated by identifying the GC–MS spectra of the methyl esters of authentic and synthetic fatty acids.

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Abbreviations

DMPU:

N,N′-Dimethylpropyleneurea

DMSO:

Dimethyl sulfoxide

ECL:

Equivalent chain length

GC–MS:

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

HRMS:

High resolution mass spectrometry

IR:

Infrared ray spectroscopy

MIFA:

Methylene-interrupted fatty acid

MOM:

Methoxymethyl

MS:

Mass spectrometry

m.p.:

Melting point

NMIFA:

Non-methylene-interrupted fatty acid

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

THF:

Tetrahydrofuran

TLC:

Thin-layer chromatography

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    Kazuaki Shimada, Ayako Sugawara & Toshinobu Korenaga

  2. Miyako College, Iwate Prefectural University, Miyako, Iwate, 027-0039, Japan

    Hideki Kawashima

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Shimada, K., Sugawara, A., Korenaga, T. et al. Total Synthesis and Structural Elucidation of Two Unusual Non-Methylene-Interrupted Fatty Acids in Ovaries of the Limpet Cellana toreuma . Lipids 52, 1019–1032 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-017-4303-9

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