The Diels-Alder condensation of maleic anhydride (I) with furan (II) gives the epoxytetrahydrophthalic anhydride (III), which is reduced with H2 over Pd/C, yielding the epoxyperhydrophthalic anhydride (IV). Further reduction of (IV) with NaBH4 affords the epoxyperhydrophthalide (V), which is submitted to a third reduction with DIBAL-H to provide the lactol (VI) as a racemic mixture that is resolved with menthol. The appropriate isomer (VIIa) is treated with triphenylphosphonium bromide (VIII) and potassium tert-amyloxide to give the 5,8-epoxyperhydro-2-benzopyran-3-ol (IX), which is condensed with 4-carboxybutyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (X) by means of potassium tert-amyloxide and esterified with Amberlist-15/MeOH, yielding the cis-5-heptenoic acid methyl ester (XI). The oxidation of the primary alcohol group of (XI) with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) in dichloromethane affords the aldehyde (XII), which is finally reductocondensed with 4-phenylsemicarbazide (XIII) by means of NaBH3CN and hydrolyzed with LiOH to furnish the target semicarbazide.
The Diels-Alder condensation of maleic anhydride (I) with furan (II) gives the epoxytetrahydrophthalic anhydride (III), which is reduced with H2 over Pd/C, yielding the epoxyperhydrophthalic anhydride (IV). Further reduction of (IV) with NaBH4 affords the epoxyperhydrophthalide (V), which is submitted to a third reduction with DIBAL-H to provide the lactol (VI) as a racemic mixture that is resolved with menthol. The appropriate isomer (VIIa) is treated with triphenylphosphonium bromide (VIII) and potassium tert-amyloxide to give the 5,8-epoxyperhydro-2-benzopyran-3-ol (IX), which is condensed with 4-carboxybutyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (X) by means of potassium tert-amyloxide and esterified with Amberlist-15/MeOH, yielding the cis-5-heptenoic acid methyl ester (XI). The oxidation of the primary alcohol group of (XI) with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) in dichloromethane affords the aldehyde (XII), which is condensed with dimethyl 2-oxobutylphosphonate (XIII) and NaH, providing the pentenone (XIV). Finally, the ketonic group of (XIV) is reduced with NaBH4/CeCl3, and the resulting ester hydrolyzed with LiOH to furnish the target hydroxyacid as a diastereomeric mixture that is separated by conventional methods.
The Diels-Alder condensation of maleic anhydride (I) with furan (II) gives the epoxytetrahydrophthalic anhydride (III), which is reduced with H2 over Pd/C, yielding the epoxyperhydrophthalic anhydride (IV). Further reduction of (IV) with NaBH4 affords the epoxyperhydrophthalide (V), which is submitted to a third reduction with DIBAL-H to provide the lactol (VI) as a racemic mixture that is resolved with menthol. The appropriate isomer (VIIa) is treated with triphenylphosphonium bromide (VIII) and potassium tert-amyloxide to give the 5,8-epoxyperhydro-2-benzopyran-3-ol (IX), which is condensed with 4-carboxybutyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (X) by means of potassium tert-amyloxide and esterified with Amberlist-15/MeOH, yielding the cis-5-heptenoic acid methyl ester (XI). The sulfonation of the primary alcohol group of (XI) with TsOH affords the tosylate (XII), which is condensed with potassium phthalimide (XII) to provide the phthalimido derivative (XIV). The treatment of (XIV) with hydrazine gives the aminomethyl compound (XV), which is finally condensed with N-(heptanoyl)glycine (XVI) by means of CDI and hydrolyzed with LiOH to afford the target glycinamide compound.