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Total synthesis of the spirocyclic imine marine toxin (-)-gymnodimine and an unnatural C4-epimer
Kong, Ke,Moussa, Ziad,Lee, Changsuk,Romo, Daniel
supporting information; experimental part, p. 19844 - 19856 (2012/01/12)
The first total synthesis of the marine toxin (-)-gymnodimine (1) has been accomplished in a convergent manner. A highly diastereo- and enantioselective exo-Diels-Alder reaction catalyzed by a bis-oxazoline Cu(II) catalyst enabled rapid assembly of the spirocyclic core of gymnodimine. The preparation of the tetrahydrofuran fragment utilized a chiral auxiliary based anti-aldol reaction. Two major fragments, spirolactam 56 and tetrahydrofuran 55, were then coupled through an efficient Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction. An unconventional, ambient temperature t-BuLi-initiated intramolecular Barbier reaction of alkyl iodide 64 was employed to form the macrocycle. A late stage vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol addition of a silyloxyfuran to a complex cyclohexanone 83 appended the butenolide, and a few additional steps provided (-)-gymnodimine (1). A diastereomer of the natural product was also synthesized, C4-epi-gymnodimine (90), derived from the vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol addition.
Studies toward a marine toxin immunogen: Enantioselective synthesis of the spirocyclic imine of (-)-gymnodimine
Kong, Ke,Moussa, Ziad,Romo, Daniel
, p. 5127 - 5130 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) An enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction catalyzed by an Evans' copper-bis(oxazoline) complex was utilized to construct a highly functionalized spirolactam, a key intermediate in our projected total synthesis of the marine to
