Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Fluvirucinin B1

Org Lett. 2016 Apr 15;18(8):1788-91. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00513. Epub 2016 Apr 5.

Abstract

A convergent synthesis of fluvirucinin B1 from acid ent-6a and nitrile ent-9, involving an organocopper coupling, a stereoselective allylation, a ring-closing metathesis reaction, and a stereoselective hydrogenation as the key steps, is reported. The starting building blocks have been prepared in a straightforward manner from a common phenylglycinol-derived lactam 1. An unprecedented regioselective oxidation of phenylglycinol-derived secondary amines 5 to carboxylic acids 6 has been developed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Cyclization
  • Ethanolamines / chemistry*
  • Hydrogenation
  • Lactams / chemical synthesis
  • Lactams / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Ethanolamines
  • Lactams
  • fluvirucin B1
  • N-phenylethanolamine