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Synthesis of (-)-matairesinol, (-)-enterolactone, and (-)-enterodiol from the natural lignan hydroxymatairesinol.

[reaction: see text] We describe here a four-step semisynthetic method for the preparation of enantiomerically pure (-)-enterolactone starting from the readily available lignan hydroxymatairesinol from Norway spruce (Picea abies). Hydroxymatairesinol was first hydrogenated to matairesinol. Matairesinol was esterified to afford the matairesinyl 4,4'-bistriflate, which was deoxygenated by palladium-catalyzed reduction to 3,3'-dimethylenterolactone. Demethylation of 3,3'-dimethylenterolactone and reduction with LiAlH(4) yielded (-)-enterolactone and (-)-enterodiol, respectively.[1]

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  1. Synthesis of (-)-matairesinol, (-)-enterolactone, and (-)-enterodiol from the natural lignan hydroxymatairesinol. Eklund, P., Lindholm, A., Mikkola, J.P., Smeds, A., Lehtilä, R., Sjöholm, R. Org. Lett. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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