The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis, and discloses a method for preparing polysubstituted 4-hydroxy-2-thiabicyclo [3.1. 1]
heptane through
cycloaddition reaction catalyzed by lewis acid. The method comprises the following steps: by taking polysubstituted bicyclo [1.1. 0]
butane and 2, 5-dihydroxy-1, 4-
dithiane as raw materials, in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst and an
organic solvent, obtaining a cyclization product as shown in a formula I; and removing R1 from the cyclization product as shown in the formula I to obtain a molecule as shown in a formula II. In addition, an asymmetric
catalysis method is developed to realize
enantioselective synthesis of the cyclization product as shown in the formula I. Compared with a traditional method, the preparation method has the advantages that the raw materials and the catalyst are simple and easy to obtain, the synthesis
route is short, the
atom economy is high, and the substrate universality is wide; the
reaction product can be used as a potential
bioisostere of
drug active molecules containing ortho-position, meta-position or 1, 2, 4-trisubstituted
aromatic hydrocarbon, such as
diflunisal; the 4-hydroxy-2-thiabicyclo [3.1. 1]
heptane product is subjected to
pharmacokinetics and other activity tests, and shows a good application prospect.