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Scheme 1. a) NaN(SiMe3)2, 1-iodo-2-butyne, THF, ꢀ788C, 89%;
b) EtOH, Ti(OEt)4, reflux, 85%; c) (MeO)(Me)NH·HCl, iPrMgCl, THF,
ꢀ208C, 92%; d) 2-trimethylsilylethanol, DIAD, PPh3, THF, 08C!RT,
86%; e) 1. LDA, THF, ꢀ788C; 2. TMEDA, 7, ꢀ1008C!ꢀ788C, 79%;
f) 11, catecholborane, toluene, ꢀ788C, 95% (85% de); g) TBDPSOTf,
2,6-lutidine, CH2Cl2, ꢀ788C!RT, 98%; h) TASF, DMF, 08C, 85%.
DIAD=diisopropylazodicarboxylate; LDA=lithium diisopropylamide;
TMEDA=N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylethylenediamine; TBDPS=tert-butyldi-
phenylsilyl; Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl, TASF=tris(dimethylamino)-
sulfonium difluorotrimethylsilicate.
Scheme 2. a) NaN(SiMe3)2, 15, THF, ꢀ788C, 85%; b) LiBH4, THF,
MeOH, 08C, 80%; c) Lindlar catalyst, H2 (1 atm), EtOAc, pyridine;
d) Dess–Martin periodinane, pyridine, CH2Cl2, 08C, 82% (over two
steps); e) ent-5, Et2BOTf, (iPr)2NEt, CH2Cl2, ꢀ788C!08C, 85%;
f) TBSOTf, 2,6-lutidine, CH2Cl2, ꢀ788C!RT, 85%; g) 1. LiBH4, THF,
MeOH, 08C, 90%; 2. Dess–Martin periodinane, pyridine, CH2Cl2, 08C,
87%; h) 27, Et2O, ꢀ788C, 75%; i) TESCl, imidazole, DMF, 508C, 80%;
j) nBuLi, THF, MeI, ꢀ788C!RT; k) HF·pyridine, THF, pyridine, 82%
(over both steps). TBS=tert-butyldimethylsilyl; TES=triethylsilyl.
(S)-27,which can be readily prepared as a storable material
from commercial 26 and allenylmagnesium bromide,afforded
propargyl alcohol 22 in 75% yield and greater than 95% de.
The configuration of the newly formed secondary alcohol was
ascertained by analysis of the corresponding Mosher esters
and is in full accord with the proposed transition-state
model.[18] Temporary protection of the free hydoxy group in
22 paved the way to the nonterminal alkyne 25 as the other
required component for the envisaged alkyne metathesis
reaction.[19]
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Scheme 3. a) Me2C C(NMe2)(Cl), 4-dimethylaminopyridine, Et3N,
08C!RT, quant.
In contrast to the straightforward preparation of the
major building blocks,the seemingly trivial esterification of
14 and 25 posed considerable problems. All attempts to join
them by using carbodiimide-based reagents,the standard
activating agents commonly employed in peptide synthesis,by
means of activated esters and thioesters,or by the Yamaguchi
method[20] either led to complete failure or resulted in the
decomposition of the valuable materials. Application of 1-
methyl-2-chloropyridinium iodide (Mukaiyamaꢀs reagent),[21]
which had previously served as the only successful means for a
related esterification,[22] led to only modest yields (< 40%).
Likewise,the use of carbonyldiimidazole (CDI),employed by
Vintonyak and Maier in their approach to 1,[8] was unsat-
isfactory in terms of yield and reaction time,and did not scale
well.
view of these difficulties,we were pleased to find that the
corresponding acid fluoride 32 performed exquisitely well,[24]
thereby resulting in a remarkably clean and highly reprodu-
cible formation of 33 (Scheme 4); no trace of d-lactone 28 or
any other by-product was detected in the crude mixture. The
acid fluoride 32 was best prepared by treatment of 14 with
2,4,6-trifluoro-1,3,5-triazene (29) and pyridine.[24a] It is also
worth mentioning that the ester derived from the minor
diastereomer of acid 14,produced in the CBS reduction step,
could be conveniently removed at this stage by flash
chromatography.
With a reliable esterification method at hand,the
formation of the macrocyclic ring by RCAM was investi-
gated.[9–12] Although the Schrock alkylidyne 30[25] had proven
effective in many advanced cases in the past,[9,11] only
cleavage of the terminal THP acetal was observed when 33
was exposed to this catalyst. Gratifyingly though,the use of
Attempts to form the corresponding acid chloride invar-
iably led to the formation of the six-membered lactone 28,but
did not afford any of the desired ester 33 (Scheme 3).[23] In
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