Modular Synthesis of Drimane Meroterpenoids Leveraging Decarboxylative Borylation and Suzuki Coupling

Org Lett. 2020 Nov 6;22(21):8702-8707. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03294. Epub 2020 Oct 27.

Abstract

Drimane meroterpenoids have attracted an increasing amount of attention in the discovery of therapeutically important probes, while the laggard synthetic accessibility is a conspicuous challenge. A new paradigm merging decarboxylative borylation and Suzuki coupling was developed as a powerful platform. Key features include the mild conditions, good chemoselectivity, operational facility, scalability, and easy availability of the coupling partners. This practical strategy enables the expedient formal synthesis of a large number of natural products and rapid generation of analogues.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't