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with aniline derivative 4 (which traces back to nitroarene 5[5])
and final deprotection. In our previous work on platensimycin
(1),we employed an aniline derivative bearing a methyl ester
Scheme 2). A retro gold-catalyzed cyclization[7] revealed
acetylenic TIPS enol ether 11 as a possible precursor. The
synthesis of 11 from enone 12 was envisioned,with 12
potentially being available though an asymmetric Diels–
Alder reaction.
group and methoxymethyl (MOM) ethers to mask its
[4a]
carboxylic acid and phenolic moieties,respectively.
The
MOM groups dictated the use of acidic hydrolysis conditions
for their removal in the final step. In this case,to ensure the
survival of the molecule under the deprotection conditions,
we chose the TMSE ester as the obligatory protecting group
for the carboxylic acid and decided to leave the phenolic
groups unprotected. This modification has the extra advant-
age of shortening the sequence by a number of steps,as
compared to the route used for the total synthesis of
platensimycin (1),as a result of easier access to the aniline
fragment and the avoidance of any deprotection of the
phenolic groups. Enone 3 was envisioned to be derived
through an aldol condensation of the corresponding ketoal-
The construction of enone 3 (Scheme 3) started from the
known diene 14 (available from ketone 13 by literature
procedures)[8] and the rather volatile dienophile 16,prepared
from acetylenic alcohol 15 in a one-pot procedure involving
oxidation (SO3·Py,DMSO,Et N,0 8C) followed by addition of
3
Eschenmoserꢀs salt[9] (53% yield). A Rawal asymmetric
Diels–Adler reaction[8,10] between 14 and 16 in the presence
of CrIII-salen catalyst 17[11] furnished cyclohexene 18 in 92%
yield. Reduction of 18 with lithium aluminum hydride
followed by exposure to aqueous HCl led to hydroxy enone
12 in 63% yield and 93% ee.[12] Formation of the SEM ether
19 (SEMCl,Et 3N,THF,70 8C,94% yield) and its subsequent
dehyde,which could,in turn,be obtained from diene
6 by
exposure to TIPSOTf (Et3N,CH Cl2, ꢁ78!08C,97% yield)
2
Wacker oxidation. A homoallyl radical rearrangement[6] was
then envisioned as a means to connect bicyclo[2.2.2] diene 6
to bicyclo[3.2.1] ketone 10 (through radical species 8 and 7,
gave acetylenic diene 11. Treatment of 11 with the catalyst
derived from [AuCl(PPh3)] (2 mol%) and AgBF4 (2 mol%)
induced the desired cyclization,[7] thereby generating the
Scheme 3. Asymmetric synthesis of the core enone (3) of platencin. Reagents and conditions: a) N-benzyl methyl carbamate (1.0 equiv), 13
(2.0 equiv), TsOH (0.05 equiv), CHCl3, reflux, 24 h, 89%; b) TBSOTf (1.1 equiv), Et3N (3.0 equiv), Et2O, ꢁ78!08C, 1 h, 87%; c) SO3·Py
(2.0 equiv), DMSO (5.0 equiv), Et3N (5.0 equiv), CH2Cl2, 258C, 2 h; then Me2NCH2Cl (1.5 equiv), 258C, 12 h, 53%; d) 16 (1.0 equiv), 14
(1.7 equiv), 17 (0.05 equiv), 4- M.S., CH2Cl2, ꢁ608C, 60 h, 92%; e) LiAlH4 (1.5 equiv), Et2O, ꢁ78!ꢁ408C, 2 h; then HCl (2m in MeOH,
10 equiv), 258C, 16 h, 63%; f) SEMCl (1.2 equiv), Et3N (4.0 equiv), DMAP (0.1 equiv), THF, reflux, 16 h, 94%; g) TIPSOTf (1.5 equiv), Et3N
(3.0 equiv), ꢁ78!08C, 1 h, 97%; h) [AuCl(PPh3)] (0.02 equiv), AgBF4 (0.02 equiv), toluene/MeOH (10:1), 258C, 30 min, 94%; i) allylmagnesium
chloride (4.0 equiv), CuBr·Me2S (2.0 equiv), THF, ꢁ788C, 1.5 h, 74%; j) NaBH4 (2.5 equiv), MeOH, ꢁ58C!258C, 1 h, 97%; k) CS2 (10 equiv),
KHMDS (5.0 equiv), MeI (5.0 equiv), THF, ꢁ788C!258C, 1.5 h, 100%; l) nBu3SnH (2.0 equiv), AIBN (0.08 equiv), toluene, 1008C, 20 min;
m) PdCl2 (0.25 equiv), CuCl (1.5 equiv), O2 (balloon), DMF/H2O (6.6:1), 258C, 24 h, 50% (2 steps); n) TASF (10 equiv), DMPU, 858C, 1.5 h, 80%
(based on recovered starting material); o) TPAP (0.03 equiv), NMO (6.5 equiv), CH2Cl2, 258C, 4 h, 54%; p) NaOH (6.0 equiv), EtOH, 258C, 19 h,
99%. Bn=benzyl, Ts=p-toluene sulfonyl, TBS=tert-butyldimethylsilyl, Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl, Py=pyridine, DMSO=dimethyl sulfoxide,
M.S.=molecular sieves, DMAP=4-dimethylaminopyridine, THF=tetrahydrofuran, HMDS=hexamethyldisilazide, AIBN=2,2’-azobis(isobutyroni-
trile), DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide, TASF=tris(dimethylamino)sulfonium difluorotrimethylsilicate, DMPU=1,3-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-
2(1H)-pyrimidinone, TPAP=tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate, NMO=4-methylmorpholine N-oxide.
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