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Sceptrin – Enantioselective Synthesis of a Tetrasubstituted all-trans Cyclobutane Key Intermediate
Barra, Lena,Dickschat, Jeroen S.
, p. 4566 - 4571 (2017/08/30)
The asymmetric synthesis of both enantiomers of tetrasubstituted all-trans dimethyl 3,4-diacetylcyclobutane-1,2-dicarboxylate with high enantiomeric purity (>98 % ee) using a valine-derived chiral auxiliary in a diastereoselective photodimerization is reported. The absolute configuration was assigned by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Because this cyclobutane is a key intermediate in the total synthesis of (–)-sceptrin and ageliferin, our findings strengthen the recently revised absolute configurations of these pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids.