The asymmetric synthesis of erythromycin B
The asymmetric synthesis of erythromycin B
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DOI:
10.1021/ja963575y
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发表时间:
1997-04-02
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15
通讯作者:
Hodgson, A
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作者:
Martin, SF;Hida, T;Hodgson, A
The macrolide antibiotics erythromycins A (1) and B (2), which owe their antibiotic activity to their ability to inhibit ribosomal-dependent protein biosynthesis, 3 have been the objects of numerous synthetic investigations. 4 However, despite these efforts and a variety of elegant investigations and approaches, there is but a single total synthesis of erythromycin A (1) byWoodward5 and a formal total synthesis of 1 reported subsequently by Oishi. 6 Tatsuta has since described an alternate glycosylation strategy for preparing 1 from naturally-derived 9 (S)-dihydroerythronolide A. 7 We now report a concise and highly efficient route to the erythromycin antibiotics that has resulted in the first asymmetric synthesis of erythromycin B. The point of embarkation for the total synthesis of erythromycin B (2) was the differential protection of the three hydroxyl groups of the known trihydroxy ketal 4, which we had previously prepared in 32% overall yield and seven steps from 2-ethylfuran. 8 The criteria applied to selecting the specific hydroxyl protecting groups was crucial to the eventual success of the synthesis and hence merit brief discussion: Based upon