SCHEME 4. Synthesis of the C3-C14 Domain
to various derivatives. This has been successfully employed in
the synthesis of the 10-desmethyl-7-deoxyokadaic acid analog
4. A combination of such tactics has led to 7-deoxyokadaic acid
analog 5. Potentially synergystic efforts are also underway to
probe the effects of structural variations about the terminal
C30-C38 spiroketal of okadaic acid analogs.21
Incorporation of C3-C14 structural variants into full length
okadaic acid analogs will allow comparative phosphatase
binding assays to be performed. This should contribute to an
enhanced understanding of the essential roles of the structural
moieties within the active site-occupying domain of okadaic
acid, as suggested by X-ray crystallography.
Experimental Section
Yneone 10. To a magnetically stirred, room temperature solution
of 26 (6.294 g, 7.43 mmol) in methylene chloride (74 mL) was
added NaHCO3 (9.36 g, 111.4 mmol) and Dess-Martin periodinane
(6.3 g, 14.9 mmol). After TLC indicated no remaining 26, saturated
aqueous NaHCO3 (50 mL) was added dropwise. The separated
aqueous phase was extracted with methylene chloride (3 × 25 mL),
and the combined organic phase was washed with H2O (50 mL)
and then brine (50 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concen-
trated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (hexanes/
ethyl acetate, 20:1, v/v) to give 10 as an oil (5.06 g, 5.98 mmol,
81%): [R]25 +0.5 (c 3.1, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz) δ
tion of alcohols 26 gave ynones (4R/S)-10. At this stage, the
minor (4R)-diastereomer resulting from the HKR of (()-16 was
chromatographically separated from (4S)-10. Subsequent imple-
mentation of the DIHMA process using the (4S)-diastereomer
of 10 provided spiroketal 27. For this, prolonged exposure to
acid was intended to assist equilibration to capture the benefit
of mutual anomeric stablization in 27. To complete the synthesis
of the 7-deoxyokadaic acid intermediate 29, ketone 27 was
subjected to Wittig olefination to yield the exo methylene
compound 28. Subsequent isomerization to the internal alkene
29 was accomplished under acidic conditions (Scheme 4).
Remarkably, none of the alternative endocyclic alkene isomer
was detected to accompany 29. This regioselective alkene
migration may reflect an enhanced acidity of the R-ketal
methylene protons and/or alkene conjugation with a transient
oxocarbenium intermediate. In any event, it places the alkene
R to the C8 spiroketal center as is observed among okadaic
acid and its congeners.
D
7.69-7.64 (m, 4H), 7.46-7.35 (m, 6H), 7.25 (d, J ) 9 Hz, 2H),
6.88 (d, J ) 9 Hz, 2H), 4.62-4.59 (m, 1H), 4.44 (s, 2H), 3.81 (s,
3H), 3.50 (d, J ) 7 Hz, 2H), 3.36 (dd, J ) 5.5, 9.5 Hz, 1H), 3.32
(dd, J ) 5.5, 9.5 Hz, 1H), 2.66 (dd, J ) 9, 15.5 Hz, 1H), 2.58 (dd,
J ) 5.5, 15.5 Hz, 1H), 2.33 (t, J ) 7 Hz, 2H), 2.04-1.96 (m, 1H),
1.72-1.48 (m, 5H), 1.07 (s, 9H), 0.96-0.88 (m, 18H), 0.83 (d, J
) 7 Hz, 3H), 0.63-0.55 (m, 12H); 13C NMR (125 MHz) δ 187.0,
159.4, 135.8, 133.8, 130.6, 129.8, 129.5, 127.9, 113.9, 94.1, 81.7,
81.0, 74.4, 73.2, 71.1, 69.7, 66.0, 55.5, 49.3, 34.2, 31.8, 27.0, 23.8,
22.9, 19.4, 14.3, 11.7, 7.1, 5.2; IR (neat) 3080-3000, 3000-2850,
2212, 1741, 1676, 1612, 1588, 1513, 1462, 1247, 1120-1060 cm-1
;
HRMS calcd for C49H76Si3O6Na (M + Na) 867.4847, found
867.4881; Rf ) 0.30 (hexanes: ethyl acetate, 8:1, v/v).
Pyranone 27. To a magnetically stirred, room temperature
solution of ynone 10 (710 mg, 845 µmol) in toluene (8.4 mL) was
added p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (192 mg, 1.00 mmol).
The mixture was stirred 1 d before saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (2
mL) was added. The mixture was diluted with diethyl ether (10
mL) and the aqueous phase was separated. The organic phase was
washed with H2O (10 mL), then brine (10 mL), dried over Na2SO4,
filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash
chromatography (hexanes: ethyl acetate, 4:1, v/v) to give 27 as a
colorless oil (451 mg, 731 µmol, 87%): [R]D24 -36 (c 3.3, CHCl3);
1H NMR (500 MHz) δ 7.65 (d, J ) 8 Hz, 4H), 7.44-7.35 (m,
6H), 7.18 (d, J ) 8.5 Hz, 2H), 6.86 (d, J ) 8.5 Hz, 2H), 4.39 (d,
J ) 2.5 Hz, 2H), 3.92-3.90 (m, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.69 (t, J ) 4.5
Hz, 1H), 3.70 (dd, J ) 5.5, 10 Hz, 1H), 3.65-3.60 (m, 1H), 3.28
(d, J ) 5 Hz, 2H), 2.42 (t, J ) 13 Hz, 2H), 2.34 (d, J ) 14 Hz,
1H), 2.25 (dd, J ) 11.5, 14.5 Hz, 1H), 1.95-1.85 (m, 1H),
1.75-1.65 (m, 2H), 1.46-1.41 (m, 2H), 1.29-1.20 (m, 2H), 1.05
(s, 9H), 0.97 (d, J ) 7 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (125 MHz) δ 206.6,
159.2, 135.8, 133.8, 130.8, 129.8, 129.2, 127.8, 113.8, 99.2, 73.0,
72.8, 70.0, 69.7, 65.2, 55.4, 52.0, 44.4, 41.2, 34.7, 27.1, 26.7, 19.4,
18.7, 13.3; IR (neat) 3070, 3048, 3000-2850, 1726, 1612, 1588,
1513, 1464, 1428, 1248, 1110-1000, 823, 741, 705 cm-1; HRMS
calcd for C37H48SiO6Na (M + Na) 639.3112, found 639.3106; Rf
) 0.35 (hexanes/ethyl acetate, 4:1, v/v).
The synthesis of the C3-C14 domain was thus completed
in an overall yield of ca. 23% over 10 steps from 21. The
assignment of relative configuration at the spiroketal center of
29 was made via conversion into a C3,C14-diol, a known
compound obtained from an intermediate used in the total
synthesis of 2.20 Comparison of the H NMR spectral data
1
indicated identical relative stereochemistry at C4, C8, C12, and
C13, as well as the location of the alkene at C9 between 29
and the natural product 7-deoxyokadaic acid.
The advantages of this new route to the functionalized
C3-C14 spiroketal domain of 2 are its efficiency and its
applicability to readily access several analogs with only minor
changes to the overall synthetic route. For instance, 13-
desmethyl-7-deoxyokadaic acid analog 3 has been obtained by
a simple change of starting material 21 to 1,3-propanediol with
essentially the same reaction sequence to assemble a C10-C14
intermediate. Similarly, employing the identical synthetic route
to spiroketal 27, the versatile C10 ketone could provide access
Exocyclic Alkene 28. To a magnetically stirred, 0 °C solution
of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (72 mg, 202 µmol) in THF
(20) Dounay, A. B. Thesis, University of Minnesota, 2001, pp 24-25; 1H
NMR spectra, ABD-II-233 and ABD-II-238.
(21) Forsyth, C. J.; Wang, C. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2008, 18, 3043.
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