Total synthesis of (±)-ginkgolide B
Total synthesis of (±)-ginkgolide B
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DOI:
10.1021/ja993013p
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发表时间:
1999-11-03
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Wagman, AS
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作者:
Crimmins, MT;Pace, JM;Wagman, AS
Ginkgo biloba, termed the “living fossil” by Darwin, has ancestors dating to 230 million BC 1 Extracts of Ginkgo biloba, which have been used as herbal medicines for 5000 years to treat a variety of conditions such as coughs, asthma, and circulatory disorders, are currently undergoing clinical evaluation for treatment of dementia. 2 Ginkgolide B is the most potent platelet activating factor (PAF) antagonist of the ginkgo extracts, with an IC50 of 0.6 μM. 3 The complex molecular architecture of ginkgolide B, which includes six rings, eleven stereogenic centers, ten oxygenated carbons, and four contiguous fully substituted carbons, is a daunting challenge for chemical synthesis. The diabolical disposition of functionality dictates that introduction of functional groups be judiciously orchestrated. The ginkgolides were first characterized in 1967, 4 and the syntheses of ginkgolides A5 and B6 were reported by Corey and co-workers in 1988. The synthesis of the related compound, bilobalide, was also achieved by the Corey group7 as well as by our laboratory. 8 Reported herein is the total synthesis of ginkgolide B utilizing the zinc-copper homoenolate9 and double diastereoselective intramolecular [2+ 2] photocycloaddition methodologies developed in our laboratories. 10 Strategically, the synthesis of ginkgolide B was thought to be achievable from the pentacyclic precursor 2 which was to be derived from 3 by a regioselective cyclobutane fragmentation and further functionalization. A stereoselective intramolecular photocycloaddition of the enone-furan 4 to produce cycloadduct 3 was anticipated to provide the stereochemical control required to construct the congested core of the molecule. Preparation of the photocycloaddition substrate 4 was to be accomplished through our homoenolate technology for the construction of carboalkoxycyclopentenones. 9The synthesis of the photocycloadduct 3 is illustrated in Scheme 2. Ethyl 3-(3-furyl) acrylate8 was subjected to the higher order cuprate [t-Bu2CuCNLi2, TMSCl, Et2O] to incorporate the critical tert-butyl group. The resultant ester was reduced with i-Bu2AlH to provide the corresponding aldehyde 5 in 95% overall yield. Addition of ethynylmagnesium bromide to aldehyde 5 gave a 1.2: 1