- Unified Synthesis of Right Halves of Halichondrins A-C
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The right halves of halichondrins A-C were synthesized by coupling the common C20-C37 building block 9 with the C1-C19 building blocks 10a-c, respectively. Catalytic, asymmetric Ni/Cr-mediated coupling was used for three C-C bond formations. For all cases, the stereochemistry was controlled with the Cr catalyst prepared from the chiral sulfonamide identified via the toolbox approach. For (3 + 4)-, (6 + 7)-, and (9 + 10)-couplings, the stereoselectivity of 28:1, >40:1, and ~20:1 was achieved by the Cr catalysts prepared from (S)-H, (S)-I, and (R)-L, respectively. Unlike the first and second couplings, the third coupling used the structurally complex nucleophile. It was demonstrated that the coupling efficiency was excellent even with the electrophile/nucleophile molar ratio = 1.0/1.1. In addition, the third coupling was achieved with the substrate bearing a free hydroxyl group. The products obtained in the Ni/Cr-mediated couplings were converted to the right halves of halichondrins A-C in excellent overall yields. The right halves of halichondrins A-C (1a-c) were synthesized in 28, 24, and 24 steps from commercial d-galactal in 13.4%, 21.1%, and 16.7% overall yield, respectively.
- Yahata, Kenzo,Ye, Ning,Iso, Kentaro,Naini, Santhosh Reddy,Yamashita, Shuji,Ai, Yanran,Kishi, Yoshito
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- Toolbox approach to the search for effective ligands for catalytic asymmetric Cr-mediated coupling reactions
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Chromium catalysts derived from chiral sulfonamides represented by A effect the couplings of aldehydes with vinyl, allyl, or alkyl halides. With three distinct sites for structural modification, A affords access to a structurally diverse pool of chiral sulfonamides. The Cr catalysts derived from these sulfonamides exhibit a broad range of catalyst-substrate matching profiles. A strategy is presented to search for a satisfactory chiral sulfonamide for a given substrate. In order to demonstrate the generality and effectiveness of this approach, five diverse C-C bond-forming cases have been selected from the halichondrin synthesis. For each of the cases, two ligands have been deliberately searched for, to induce the formation of (R)- and (S)-alcohols, respectively, at the arbitrarily chosen efficiency level of "≥80% yield with ≥20:1 stereoselectivity in the presence of ≤20 mol % of a Cr catalyst". For 9 out of the 10 cases studied, a satisfactory catalyst has been found within this pool of sulfonamides. Even for the remaining case, a Cr catalyst inducing stereoselectivity up to 8:1 has been identified.
- Guo, Haibing,Dong, Cheng-Guo,Kim, Dae-Shik,Urabe, Daisuke,Wang, Jiashi,Kim, Joseph T.,Liu, Xiang,Sasaki, Takeo,Kishi, Yoshito
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 15387 - 15393
(2010/02/15)
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