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Flexible routes to the 5-hydroxy acid fragment of the cryptophycins
Phukan, Prodeep,Sasmal, Sanjita,Maier, Martin E.
, p. 1733 - 1740 (2007/10/03)
Two solutions to establishing the anti stereochemistry of the vicinal stereocenters in the 5-hydroxy acid subunit of cryptophycin, based on initial Evans syn aldol reactions between an N-(propionyl)oxazolidinone 4 and a C3 aldehyde, were developed. In the first route, the secondary hydroxy group was inverted by use of Mitsunobu reaction conditions, whereas the second route features an inversion of the methyl-bearing stereocenter, achieved by reductive removal of the chiral auxiliary, elimination to afford the terminal alkene, and anti-selective hydroboration. The aryl part can be attached either by Wittig-Horner olefination or by a modified Julia coupling. Both routes provide the hydroxy acid 16 in a very efficient manner. The substrate for the hydroboration, alkene 22, could also be obtained from (S)-malic acid. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003.