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 language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis |
Publisher | Academic Press Inc |
Pages | 231-248 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780080993621 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Publication series
Name | Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis |
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Volume | 9 |
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