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Functionally Substituted Vinyl Carbanions, 42: Synthesis of the Top Half of Chlorothricolide
Hirsenkorn, Rolf,Schmidt, Richard R.
, p. 883 - 899 (2007/10/02)
β-Lithiated functionally substituted acrylates 2a-c prove to be versatile building blocks for spirotetronate syntheses useful in top half syntheses of the aglycon chlorothricolide 1 of the macrolide antibiotic chlorothricin.The electrophilic-nucleophilic cyclohexanone derivatives 27-cis/trans (with relative cis or trans relationship of the carboxylate group) required in this synthesis design are obtained via a cycloaddition route from pentenone in five steps.Generation of the dilithiated species from the acrylates 2a-c affords then the corresponding spirotetronates 32a-c, which serve as versatile intermediates in top half syntheses for different strategies in chlorothricolide total syntheses.Hydroxylation in the vinylic α-position of the tetronate moiety and selective phenylselenylation provide the spirotetronates 39a-cis/trans and 41a, which meet the requirements of a top half molecule.The same is true for a different strategy, which provides the aldehydes 42b-cis/trans.The latter are then converted into the fully functionalized spirotetronates 44b-cis/trans by treatment with vinylmagnesium bromide and subsequent hydroxylation at the vinylic α-position.The investigations delineate similar convenient strategies for the syntheses of kijanolide and tetronolide, which are the aglycon portions of the structurally related macrolide antibiotics kijanimicin and tetrocarcin, respectively.
