Asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-amphidinolide V through effective combinations of catalytic transformations

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Apr 10;135(14):5324-7. doi: 10.1021/ja401717b. Epub 2013 Mar 28.

Abstract

An asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-amphidinolide V was accomplished. The synthesis features a base-catalyzed alkynyl silane alcoholysis/ring-closing enyne metathesis sequence for facile construction of a 1,3-diene motif. A diene RCM followed by a ring-contractive allylic transposition of cyclic silyl ethers was incorporated for the stereoselective installation of a functionalized 1,5-diene subunit. An efficient proline-mediated direct cross-aldol condensation of two advanced aldehyde intermediates was utilized for the construction of a key α,β-unsaturated epoxyaldehyde. This total synthesis demonstrates the prowess of metal-catalyzed transformations in complex molecule synthesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Alkenes / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Cyclization
  • Macrolides / chemical synthesis*
  • Macrolides / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Alkenes
  • Macrolides
  • amphidinolide V