Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.50, 20435-20443, 2011
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Analysis of a Stereoisomer Library of the Phytophthora Mating Hormone alpha 1 and Derived Bis-Mosher Esters
Fluorous mixture synthesis provided all eight diastereomers of the phytophthora hormone alpha 1 with the R configuration at C11 as individual samples after demixing and detagging. The library of all possible bis-Mosher esters (16) was then made by esterification. Complete sets of H-1, C-13, and (for the Mosher esters) F-19 NMR spectra were recorded, assigned, and compared with each other and with published spectra. Not all of the spectra are unique, and the H-1 NMR spectra of the Mosher esters provided the most information. The previous assignment of the natural sample as an "all-R" stereoisomer mixed with its 3S-epimer was confirmed.