Synthesis of the bis-spiroacetal moiety of the shellfish toxins spirolides B and D using an iterative oxidative radical cyclization strategy

Org Biomol Chem. 2006 Jun 7;4(11):2184-92. doi: 10.1039/b604334h. Epub 2006 May 2.

Abstract

The enantioselective synthesis of the bis-spiroacetal fragment of the shellfish toxins, spirolides B 1 and D 2, is reported. The carbon framework was constructed via a Barbier reaction of dihydropyran 10 with aldehyde 11, followed by two oxidative radical cyclizations to construct the bis-spiroacetal ring system. A silyl-modified Prins cyclization and enantioselective crotylation successfully installed the stereocenters in the cyclization precursor 21. The initial unsaturated bis-spiroacetals 9a-d underwent equilibration during epoxidation to trans-epoxide 24 that was converted to tertiary alcohol 7.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclization
  • Free Radicals / chemistry
  • Marine Toxins / chemical synthesis
  • Marine Toxins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Shellfish
  • Spiro Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Spiro Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Free Radicals
  • Marine Toxins
  • Spiro Compounds
  • spirolide B
  • spirolide D