Practical stereoselective synthesis of eribulin fragment toward building a hybrid macrocyclic toolbox

Org Lett. 2015 Feb 6;17(3):468-71. doi: 10.1021/ol503464s. Epub 2015 Jan 12.

Abstract

A practical stereoselective synthesis to obtain the substituted furan ring as the substructure of eribulin is developed. An asymmetric syn-aldol and intramolecular oxy-Michael were two key steps in our approach. The functionalized furan derivatives were then utilized further to build the 14- and 12-membered macrocyclic diversity as trans- and cis-fused (C-29 and C-30) compounds. This is the first report of building a chemical toolbox with macrocyclic small molecules having trans- or cis-fused 14- or 12-membered rings containing the substructure of eribulin and its diastereomer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes / chemistry
  • Cyclization
  • Furans / chemical synthesis*
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Ketones / chemical synthesis*
  • Ketones / chemistry
  • Macrocyclic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Macrocyclic Compounds / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Furans
  • Ketones
  • Macrocyclic Compounds
  • 3-hydroxybutanal
  • eribulin