Exploring prins strategies for the synthesis of okilactomycin

Jason M. Tenenbaum, William J. Morris, Daniel W. Custar, Karl A. Scheidt*

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Abstract

This account describes the convergent synthesis of (-)-okilactomycin. The first-generation approach focused on the assembly of two complex fragments through a Prins reaction of a dioxinone and α-hydroxy aldehyde. While this route was not ultimately successful, a related Maitland-Japp process employing a β-keto ester in place of the dioxinone fragment provided the necessary union of functionalized intermediate, thereby establishing the full carbon framework of the natural product. The synthesis also employed a highly diastereoselective Lewis acid-promoted Diels-Alder reaction and an olefin ring-closing metathesis to close the strained 11-membered macrocycle of the natural product.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStrategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis
PublisherAcademic Press Inc
Pages231-248
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9780080993621
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameStrategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis
Volume9
ISSN (Print)1874-6004

Funding

Financial support for this work has been provided by the NCI (R01 CA126827), the American Cancer Society (Research Scholar Grant), the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation, Amgen, and GlaxoSmithKline. W. J. M. thanks Abbott Laboratories for a graduate fellowship. We thank Astellas Pharma for spectral data of natural (+)-okilactomycin.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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