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Total synthesis of (+)-ambruticin S
Berberich, Stephen M.,Cherney, Robert J.,Colucci, John,Courillon, Christine,Geraci, Leo S.,Kirkland, Thomas A.,Marx, Matthew A.,Schneider, Matthias F.,Martin, Stephen F.
, p. 6819 - 6832 (2007/10/03)
A convergent total synthesis of the novel antifungal agent ambruticin S (1) has been completed from the assembly of intermediates 18, 33 and 52 that served as the respective A-, B-, and C-ring precursors. The first generation approach to a potential A-ring intermediate eventuated in the synthesis of 9a via a route that featured oxidation of the dihydroxy furan 2 and elaboration of the dihydropyranone 3 derived therefrom. Although 9a served as a precursor of 31E to complete a formal synthesis of 1, there were several inefficiencies associated with the preparation of 9a. A more expedient and efficient route to an A-ring subunit was devised that commenced with the carbohydrate-derived bisacetonide aldehyde 10 and produced 18 in five steps and 46% overall yield. The synthesis of the cyclopropyl sulfone 33 was initiated with the enantioselective cyclopropanation of 19 catalyzed by Rh 2[5(S)-MEPY]4. Ring opening of the resultant lactone 20 followed by a series of refunctionalizations gave 33 in a total of seven steps and 46% yield from 19. Coupling of the A- and B-ring precursors 18 and 33 was then achieved via a modified Julia coupling followed by deprotection and oxidation to furnish the key intermediate 35. The dihydropyran core of the C-ring subunit precursor 49 was formed from the ring closing metathesis of the diene 48, which was prepared in three steps from the known epoxide 45, followed by oxidation. A chelation-controlled addition to the methyl ketone 49 set the stage for a stereoselective [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement that delivered the alcohol 51 that was then transformed in two steps to the sulfone 52. A traditional Julia coupling of 52 and 35 proceeded with excellent stereoselectivity, and subsequent removal of the various protecting groups gave ambruticin S (1). The longest linear sequence was 13 steps and proceeded in 4. 3% overall yield.
A new synthetic approach toward (+)-ambruticin analogs: Preparation of a C10-C11 cis-isomer fragment
Michelet, Veronique,Adiey, Kouacou,Bulic, Bruno,Genet, Jean-Pierre,Dujardin, Gilles,Rossignol, Sandrine,Brown, Eric,Toupet, Loic
, p. 2885 - 2892 (2007/10/03)
A new methodology has been applied to synthesize an isomer of the west part of (+)-ambruticin based on an efficient asymmetric de novo access to the A unit and sequential stereospecific reactions catalyzed by Pd0 for the construction of the B unit.
