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A concise methodology for the synthesis of (-)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and (-)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabivarin metabolites and their regiospecifically deuterated analogs
Nikas, Spyros P.,Thakur, Ganesh A.,Parrish, Damon,Alapafuja, Shakiru O.,Huestis, Marilyn A.,Makriyannis, Alexandros
, p. 8112 - 8123 (2008/02/08)
The availability of tetrahydrocannabinols (Δ9-THC), tetrahydrocannabivarins (Δ9-THCV), and their metabolites in both their undeuterated and deuterated forms is critical for the analysis of biological and toxicological samples. We report here a concise methodology for the syntheses of (-)-Δ9-THC and (-)-Δ9-THCV metabolites in significantly improved overall yields using commercially available starting materials. Our approach allowed us to obtain the key intermediates (6aR,10aR)-9-nor-9-oxo-hexahydrocannabinols in four steps from (+)-(1R)-nopinone. This was followed by an optimized Shapiro reaction to give the (-)-11-nor-9-carboxy-metabolites, which were converted to their respective (-)-11-hydroxy analogs. The synthetic sequence involves a minimum number of steps, avoids undesirable oxidative conditions, and incorporates the costly deuterated resorcinols near the end of the synthetic sequence. This methodology enabled us to synthesize eight regiospecifically deuterated (-)-Δ9-THC and (-)-Δ9-THCV metabolites in a preparative scale and high optical purity without deuterium scrambling or loss.
Preparation of Racemic, (-)- And (+)-11-Nor-δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic Acid
Kachensky, David F.,Hui, Raymond A. H. F.
, p. 7065 - 7068 (2007/10/03)
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Synthesis of (+/-)-11-Nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol: New Synthetic Approaches to Cannabinoids
Huffman, John W.,Zhang, Xuehai,Wu, Ming-Jung,Joyner, H. Howard,Pennington, William T.
, p. 1481 - 1489 (2007/10/02)
A completely regioselective synthesis of (+/-)-11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (1), a principal human metabolite of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (2), has been carried out in seven steps and 14percent overall yield from apoverbene (9) and the bis-MOM ether of olivetol.Condensation of 9 with the aryllithium derived from the bis-MOM ether of olivetol gives an unstable tertiary allylic alcohol that undergoes oxidative rearrangement to give enone 42.Reaction of 42 with acid results in hydrolysis of the MOM ethers and cyclization to benzopyranone 21.Conversion to MOM ether 39 followed by Li/NH3 reduction and trapping of the enolate with N-phenyltriflimide gives vinyl triflate 40 plus the isomer with a cis ring fusion.Palladium-catalyzed carboxylation, hydrolysis of the MOM ether, and separation from cis acid 41 gives pure 1.Model experiments employing unsubstituted resorcinol derivatives that lead to ester 27 are described, as are a number of alternative approaches to acid 1.