Total Synthesis of the Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Amycolamicin

J Am Chem Soc. 2022 Mar 30;144(12):5253-5257. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c00647. Epub 2022 Mar 17.

Abstract

The total synthesis of the antibiotic amycolamicin with a hybrid molecular architecture composed of five ring systems, which exhibits potent antibacterial activity against a wide range of drug-resistant bacteria, has been achieved in a convergent manner. A protecting-group-free intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of a hydroxy tetraenal intermediate promoted by two equivalents of Et2AlCl, which proceeds highly diastereoselectively via an endo-equatorial transition state, has been utilized to construct the trans-decalin moiety of the molecule. The full structure of amycolamicin was assembled by a completely stereoconvergent N-acylation of a northern N-glycoside unit (α-anomer/β-anomer = 1:1.1) with a southern β-keto thioester segment followed by installation of the central tetramic acid moiety.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / chemistry
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyrroles* / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Glucosides
  • Pyrroles
  • amycolamicin