Oxidative transformations of alkyl caryophyllanyl sulfides

Resumo

Sesquiterpene sulfoxides and sulfones were synthesized in up to 56 and 74% yields, respectively. The oxidation of sulfides was accompanied by rearrangement of the epoxide fragment to allylic alcohol with subsequent oxidation. The isomerization of 4,5-epoxycaryophyllane-15-thiol afforded for the first time 4,11,11-trimethyl-8-(sulfanylmethyl)bicyclo[7.2.0]undec-3-en-5-ol in 40–45% yield.