Scheme.
The diester 2 was prepared by the addition of 2-methoxyethanol to 1 according to the reported procedure [].
2-Methoxyethanol (0.16 ml, 2 mmol) was added to a solution of 1 (293 mg, 1 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (5 ml). The mixture was left at r.t. for 30 min and filtered through a pad of silica gel (EtOAc) afforded the title compound 2, a colourless oil: 340 mg (99 %).
IR (neat): 3070m, 1733vs, 1702vs, 1660vs, 1640vs, 1480s, 1460s, 1375s, 1345s, 1270s, 1255s, 1155s, 1128s, 1095s, 1030s, 920s, 860s, 780s, 755s.
1H-NMR (CDCl3): 7.26 (s, 1H, H-6'); 4.24 and 4.20 (2x dt, J = 12.0, 4.6, CO2CH2CH2OMe); 4.20 and 4.17 (2x dq, J = 11.0, 7.1, CO2CH2Me), 3.91 (dd, J = 7.8, 6.0, H-2); 3.58 (t, J = 4.6, CO2CH2CH2OMe); 3.40 (s, Me-1'); 3.37 (OMe); 3.34 (s, Me-3'); 3.12 (dd, J = 17.2, 6.0, 1H, H-3); 2.86 (dd, J = 17.2, 7.8, 1H, H-3); 1.24 (t, J = 7.1, CO2CH2Me).
13C-NMR (CDCl3): 171.1 (C-4), 171.0 (C-1), 161.9 (C-4'), 151.0 (C-2'), 141.6 (C-6'), 109.7 (C-5'), 69.7 (OCH2CH2OMe), 63.2 (OCH2CH2OMe), 60.8 (CO2CH2Me), 58.3 (OCH3), 39.7 (C-2), 36.5 (Me-3'), 34.7 (C-3), 27.4 (Me-1'), 13.5 (CO2CH2CH3).
EI-MS: 342 (M+, 4), 297(7), 296 (20), 268 (19), 267 (8), 266 (17), 239 (8), 238 (33), 237 (14), 194 (15), 193 (100), 167 (8), 166 (26), 165 (19), 110 (5), 81 (28), 80 (15), 69 (4), 68 (7), 59 (29), 56 (2).
Supplementary materials
Supplementary File 1Supplementary File 2Acknowledgment
We thank the Swiss National Foundation for financial support.
References
- Zhuo, J.-C.; Wyler, H. Helv. Chim. Acta 1993, 76, 1916.
- Sample Availability: Available from MDPI, 0.3g, MDPI 10055.
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