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Asymmetric synthesis of (-)-martinellic acid
Davies, Stephen G.,Fletcher, Ai M.,Lee, James A.,Lorkin, Thomas J. A.,Roberts, Paul M.,Thomson, James E.
supporting information, p. 2050 - 2053 (2013/06/05)
A high-yielding total asymmetric synthesis of (-)-martinellic acid is reported. The conjugate addition of lithium (R)-N-allyl-N-(α-methyl-4- methoxybenzyl)amide to tert-butyl (E)-3-[2′-(N,N-diallylamino)-5′- bromophenyl]propenoate and alkylation of the resultant β-amino ester have been used as the key steps to install the C(9b) and C(3a) stereogenic centers, respectively, and a highly diastereoselective Wittig reaction/intramolecular Michael addition was then used to create the C(4) stereogenic center within this tricyclic molecular architecture.
A diastereodivergent strategy for the asymmetric syntheses of (-)-martinellic acid and (-)-4-epi-martinellic acid
Davies, Stephen G.,Fletcher, Ai M.,Lee, James A.,Lorkin, Thomas J.A.,Roberts, Paul M.,Thomson, James E.
, p. 9779 - 9803 (2013/10/22)
Asymmetric syntheses of (-)-martinellic acid and (-)-4-epi-martinellic acid were achieved in 20 steps from commercially available starting materials using a diastereodivergent strategy. The conjugate addition of lithium (R)-N-allyl-N-(α-methyl-p-methoxybenzyl)amide to tert-butyl (E)-3-[2′-(N,N-diallylamino)-5′-bromophenyl]propenoate and alkylation of the resultant β-amino ester with methyl bromoacetate were used as the key steps to install the C(9b) and C(3a) stereogenic centres, respectively. Subsequent cyclisation to the corresponding pyrroloquinolin-2-one and reduction of the C(4)-carbonyl group was followed by two complementary procedures for olefination and concomitant intramolecular Michael addition, which gave both C(4)-epimers of this tricyclic molecular architecture in >99:1 dr. Subsequent elaboration of these templates provided access to (-)-martinellic acid and, for the first time, (-)-4-epi-martinellic acid.
