Total Synthesis of Enantiopure Chabrolonaphthoquinone B Via a Stereoselective Julia-Kocienski Olefination

J Org Chem. 2021 Aug 6;86(15):10440-10454. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01106. Epub 2021 Jul 11.

Abstract

The total synthesis of cytotoxic meroditerpenoid naphthoquinone derivative chabrolonaphthoquinone B (1) in an enantiospecific manner is divulged using a chiral pool approach. The key step of our synthetic route is a modified Julia olefination between a sulfone-bearing aliphatic fragment and a Diels-Alder-derived aromatic aldehyde, leading to the stereoselective construction of the E-trisubstituted double bond.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes
  • Naphthoquinones*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Sulfones

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Naphthoquinones
  • Sulfones
  • chabrolonaphthoquinone B