Amr Elagamy
University of Delhi, India
Title: Synthesis of highly functionalized spirocyclic butenolides via ring contraction of fused 2H-pyran-2-ones
Biography
Biography: Amr Elagamy
Abstract
Butenolides are a class of lactones, considered as oxidized derivatives of furan with structure made of four carbon heterocyclic ring called furan-2(5H)-ones. A broad range of natural products and biologically active compounds contain butenolides structural as subunits. These compounds exhibit various biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anti-viral HIV-1. A new method for synthesis of highly functionalized spirocyclic butenolides was achieved through ring opening and relactonization at C5 of fused 2H-pyran-2-ones using nitroalkane as a carbanion source. Nitroethane provides (E)-and (Z)-isomer of spirocyclic butenolides in a ratio of almost 2:1 with relatively better yields than in case of nitromethane which provides only one isomer. Moreover, spirocyclic butenolides obtained from nitroethane undergoes decarboxylative rearrangement in presence of sodium ethoxide to give only one isomer of triene and might be used as a valuable intermediate for synthesis of various triene compounds.