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Total synthesis of laulimalide: Assembly of the fragments and completion of the synthesis of the natural product and a potent analogue
Trost, Barry M.,Amans, Dominique,Seganish, W. Michael,Chung, Cheol K.
, p. 2961 - 2971 (2012/04/23)
Herein, we present a full account of our efforts to couple the northern and the southern building blocks, the synthesis of which were described in the preceding paper, along with the modifications required to ultimately lead to a successful synthesis of laulimalide. Key highlights include an exceptionally efficient and atom-economical intramolecular ruthenium-catalyzed alkene-alkyne coupling to build the macrocycle, followed by a highly stereoselective 1,3-allylic isomerization promoted by a rhenium complex. Interestingly, the designed synthetic route also allowed us to prepare an analogue of the natural product that possesses significant cytotoxic activity. We also report a second generation route that provides a more concise synthesis of the natural product. All in one piece: Efforts to couple the northern and southern building blocks, synthesized in the preceding paper, along with modifications required to lead to a successful synthesis of laulimalide are discussed. Interestingly, the designed synthetic route also allowed the preparation of an analogue of the natural product that possesses significant cytotoxic activity (see scheme). A more concise, second-generation route to the natural product is also described. Copyright
Total synthesis of microtubule-stabilizing agent (-)-laulimalide
Ghosh,Wang,Kim
, p. 8973 - 8982 (2007/10/03)
An enantioselective first total synthesis of laulimalide (1) is described. Laulimalide, a remarkably potent antitumor macrolide, has been isolated from the Indonesian sponge Hyattella sp. and the Okinawan sponge Fasciospongia rimosa. Laulimalide represents a new class of antitumor agents with significant clinical potential. The synthesis is convergent and involved the assembly of C3-C16 segment 4 and C17-C28 segment 5 by Julia olefination. The sensitive C2-C3 cis-olefin functionality was installed by Yamaguchi macrolactonization of a hydroxy alkynic acid followed by hydrogenation of the resulting alkynoic lactone over Lindlar's catalyst. Initial attempts of intramolecular Still's variant of Horner - Emmons olefination between the C19-phosphonocetate and C3-aldehyde provided a 1:2 mixture of cis- and trans-macrolactones. The trans-isomer was photo-isomerized to a mixture of cis- and trans-isomers. The other key steps involved ring-closing olefin metathesis to construct both dihydropyran units, stereoselective anomeric alkylation to functionalize the dihydropyran ring, stereoselective reduction of the resulting alkynyl ketone to set the C20-hydroxyl stereochemistry, and a novel Julia olefination protocol for the installation of the C13-exomethylene unit. The sensitive epoxide at C16-C17 was introduced in a highly stereoselective manner by Sharpless epoxidation at the final stage of the synthesis.
