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OTBS
OH
HO
X
OH
X
Y
TBSO
O
H
N
O
H
N
O
H
H
c
a
b
O
O
O
OH
OH
OTBS
CbzN
CbzN
X
Y
Y
OTBDPS
OTBDPS
OTBDPS
9b
X=H, Y=OH (4a)
X=OH, Y=H (4b)
X=H, Y=CH2OTBS (14a)
X=CH2OTBS, Y=H (14b)
X=H, Y=CH2OH:
hyacinthacine C3 (2a)
X=CH2OH, Y=H:
5-
epi
-hyacinthacine C (2b)
3
Scheme 3. Reagents and conditions: (a) (i) TBSCl, imidazole, DMF, 97%; (ii) OsO4, aq NMO, acetone/t-BuOH, 98%; (iii) TBSCl, Et3N, CH2Cl2, 48% (4a), 46% (4b); (b) (i) MsCl, Et3N,
CH2Cl2, 82% (from 4a), 75% (from 4b); (ii) H2, 5% Pd/C, EtOH, 91% (14a), 90% (14b); (c) (i) TBAF, THF; (ii) TFA/H2O = 1/2, 72% (2a), 71% (2b) (two steps).
PPTS, 2,2-dimethoxypropane, acetone, 15%: 11a from 3a, 36%:
11b from 3b). As reported previously,7 the two signals of
11a at dc 19.5 and 29.9 ppm in the 13C NMR spectrum are
readily recognized as gem-dimethyl groups in a chair form of
6-membered ring, while those of 11b at dc 24.9 and
25.4 ppm are recognized as gem-dimethyl groups in a twist
boat conformation. Thus, the stereochemistry of 1,3-diols at
the two chiral centers is assigned as syn-11a and anti-11b,
respectively.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Professor Asano for his helpful advice and
discussion about the structure of hyacinthacines. This work was
supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Ja-
pan Society for the Promotion of Science.
References and notes
In the next step, the hydroxyl groups of 3a and 3b at C5 were
converted to the corresponding mesylate and used for cyclization
process which proceeded via deprotection of the Cbz groups, giving
rise to 12a and 12b, respectively. Finally, desilylation of 12 with
TBAF and acidic hydrolysis of the acetonide protecting group with
TFA yielded hyacinthacine C2 (1a)8 and its C5-epimer (1b),9 respec-
tively, which were purified by ion-exchange column chromatogra-
phy. It should be noted that the spectroscopic data of the synthetic
1a were fully consistent with those of the natural sample.3,8 More-
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ꢁ
+12.8, H2O, c 0.2)
also completely agreed with that of the natural sample ([a]
D
ˇ
Izquierdo, I.; Plaza, M. T.; Tamayo, J. A.; Yánez, V.; Re, D. L.; SanchezꢀCantalejo,
+12.9, H2O, c 0.2), confirming the absolute configuration as drawn
in Figure 1.
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Having elucidated the synthetic pathway to hyacinthacine C2,
our next objective was to synthesize hyacinthacine C3 (2a) with
a similar synthetic methodology described above (Scheme 3).
Starting from 9b, pyrrolizidine precursors 4 which serve as
complementary stereoisomers of 3, were produced in three
steps with excellent yields. The stereochemical assignments of
4a and 4b were secured by comparable analysis of the 13C
NMR chemical shifts for gem-dimethyl carbons of their aceto-
nide derivatives 13a and 13b (Fig. 5), respectively, as discussed
above (39%: 13a from 4a, 17%: 13b from 4b). Each of the iso-
mers of 4 underwent efficient cyclization to two pyrrolizidine
stereoisomers 14a and 14b via mesylation/hydrogenolysis se-
quences. Complete removal of the all protecting groups in 14a
and 14b afforded hyacinthacine C3 (2a)10 and its C5-epimer
(2b),11 respectively. Unfortunately, the NMR spectra of these
synthetic samples do not match with those of the reported3,10
and hence the revision in the stereochemical assignment of
the natural isolate is required, which will be the subject of fur-
ther work.
In summary, the total synthesis of the hyacinthacines C2 and
C3 has been achieved along with the derivation of the two C5-
epimers, employing the divergent methods for generating the
well-defined stereocenters of the synthetic intermediates from
(S)-(ꢀ)-2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid. Comparison of the char-
acterization data for the synthetic sample of hyacinthacine C3
with the corresponding natural product has given some indica-
tion of the inconsistency in the product stereochemistry. As
far as we are aware of, this is the first report on synthetic elab-
oration of the hyacinthacines C2 and C3 as well as their C5-
epimers.
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8. Synthetic hyacinthacine C2 1a: ½a D25
ꢁ
+12.8 (c 0.2, H2O) {lit. [a] +12.9 (c 0.22,
D
H2O)}; IR (NaCl) 3312 (O–H), 2926 (C–H), 1043 (C–O) cmꢀ1 1H NMR (D2O) d
;
4.40 (m, 1H, CH), 4.17 (t, J = 4.3 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.85 (dd, J = 7.8, 4.3 Hz, 1H, CH),
3.85 (dd, J = 11.7, 6.9 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.66 (dd, J = 11.7, 4.8 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.58 (dd,
J = 12.0, 5.1, Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.54 (dd, J = 12.0, 5.7 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.42 (J = 6.9,
4.5 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.35 (m, 1H, CH), 3.25 (m, 1H, CH), 2.04 (m, 1H, CH2), 1.78 (m,
1H, CH2); 13C NMR (D2O) d 78.2 (CH), 75.4 (CH), 75.1 (CH), 70.7 (CH), 66.3 (CH2),
66.2 (CH), 64.3 (CH2), 64.2 (CH), 40.8 (CH2). Anal. Calcd for C9H17NO5: C, 49.31;
H, 7.82; N, 6.39. Found: C, 49.12; H, 7.88; N, 6.64.
9. Synthetic 5-epi-hyacinthacine C2 1b: ½a D25
ꢁ
+13.7 (c 0.2, H2O); IR (NaCl) 3312 (O–
H), 2924 (C–H), 1030 (C–O) cmꢀ1 1H NMR (D2O) d 4.53 (m, 1H, CH), 4.36 (t,
;
J = 5.1 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.91 (dd, J = 7.4, 5.1 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.72 (dd, J = 11.4, 4.4 Hz,
1H, CH2), 3.59 (dd, J = 12.2, 6.4 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.56–3.53 (m, 2H, CH2 and CH),
3.52 (dd, J = 11.4, 5.3 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.39 (m, 1H, CH), 3.10 (m, 1H, CH), 2.15 (m,
1H, CH2), 1.76 (m, 1H, CH2); 13C NMR (D2O) d 74.9 (CH), 73.2 (CH), 72.9 (CH),
72.7 (CH), 69.8 (CH), 68.2 (CH), 66.0 (CH2), 63.7 (CH2), 39.1 (CH2). Anal. Calcd for
C9H17NO5: C, 49.31; H, 7.82; N, 6.39. Found: C, 49.18; H, 7.83; N, 6.68.
10. Synthetic hyacinthacine C3 2a: ½a D22
ꢁ
+8.8 (c 0.3, H2O); IR (NaCl) 3312 (O–H), 2928
(C–H), 1038 (C–O) cmꢀ1 1H NMR (D2O) d 4.58 (m, 1H, CH), 4.16 (t, J = 4.2 Hz,
;
1H, CH), 3.98 (dd, J = 7.8, 4.2 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.83–3.71 (m, 3H, 3CH2), 3.62 (dd,
J = 11.2, 5.8 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.49 (m, 1H, CH), 3.38 (t, J = 4.2 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.20 (dt,
J = 7.8, 5.1 Hz, 1H, CH), 2.13 (m, 1H, CH2), 1.92 (m, 1H, CH2); 13C NMR (D2O) d
75.5 (CH), 75.0 (CH), 70.9 (CH), 69.2 (CH), 63.0 (CH2), 62.5 (CH), 62.5 (CH), 61.4
(CH2), 38.3 (CH2). Anal. Calcd for C9H17NO5: C, 49.31; H, 7.82; N, 6.39. Found: C,
49.15; H, 7.87; N, 6.35.Natural hyacinthacine C3 (Ref. 3): 1H NMR (D2O) d 4.56
(ddd, J = 4.4, 2.5, 2.5 Hz, 1H, CH), 4.32 (t, J = 4.4 Hz, 1H, CH), 4.04 (dd, J = 9.5,
4.4 Hz, 1H, CH), 3.85 (dd, J = 12.6, 3.2 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.85 (overlapped, 1H, CH),
3.84 (overlapped, 2H, CH2, CH), 3.79 (dd, J = 12.0, 6.2 Hz, 1H, CH2), 3.69 (dd,