In my thesis, I described one of the possible synthesis routes of (R)-2-(2-bromoethyl)-1,1-dimethyl-5-methylenecyclopentane from commercially readily available camphor. I described all the synthesis steps, with an emphasis on the Appel reaction. I also carried out the major part of this synthesis in the laboratory. I prepared (R)-4-(2-bromoethyl)-1,5,5-trimethylcyclopent-1-ene from (1S)-(+)-10-camphorsulfonic acid. I carried out the synthesis in four steps via (+)-isocampholenic acid, which is formed by Grob fragmentation. The key step of the synthesis was the formation of the bromide from the alcohol under mild reaction conditions provided by the Appel reaction.
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