Synthesis of methyl 1-methyltetracyclo[4.3.1.03,10.08,10]decane-7-carboxylate, a derivative of[4.4.4.5]fenestrane
Abstract
Photolysis of dienone (7)furnishes(9a), which by way of the diazoketone (12)is cyclized to the difunctionalized [4.4.5.5]fenestrane (13); conversion into(17) and subsequent Wolff rearrangement gives (18a)and(18b); the latter, major isomer is the first [4.4.4.5]fenestrane to be characterized.