The true structures of the vannusals, part 2: Total synthesis and revised structure of vannusal B.
The true structures of the vannusals, part 2: Total synthesis and revised structure of vannusal B.
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200902029
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Zhang, Hongjun
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作者:
Nicolaou, K. C.;Ortiz, Adrian;Zhang, Hongjun
In the preceding communication [1] we described our initial attempts to determine the true structures of the vannusals [A (1) and B (2), originally assigned structures (Figure1)]. Herein, we report the total synthesis of the real vannusal B (ie structure 4 in Figure 1) that served not only to render it available for biological investigations, but also to demystify its true molecular architecture and that of its sibling, vannusal A. Our initial intelligence gathering efforts led us to the conclusion that a) the stereochemical details of the “southwestern” part of the molecule (ie rings A and B, C3, C29, C6, and C7) were most likely correct as reported in the originally assigned structures 1 and 2, and b) the most likely place for an error was the very top of the “northeastern” region of those structures (ie ringE, C25 and C21). As we had already synthesized three of the four possible C25/C21 diastereomers of the originally assigned structure of vannusal B (2)[2] and found them to be erroneous, we returned to the remaining diastereomer, structure 3 (C25-epi-2; Figure 1), as a possible candidate for the true structure of vannusal B. By virtue of its trans configuration at C25/C21, structure 3 was abandoned earlier on the basis of the large coupling constant observed between H21 and H25 (J= 8.5 Hz) in the trans-substituted C21-epi-2 isomer (structure 3 in Ref.[1]). This observation led us to chase several other diastereomers which, as we have seen in the preceding communication,[1] ended by proving that none of them represented the true structure of vannusal B. With all the evidence in front of us, we were now forced to reconsider the possibility that the C25-epi-2 structure (ie 3, Figure 1) may accommodate the observed smaller coupling constant for natural vannusal B (JH25, 21= 1.6 Hz) by virtue of a special conformation. We therefore decided to pursue the synthesis of 3 as the possible coveted structure of vannusal B. The selection of structure 3 as our next favored target defined compounds 5 and 6 (Figure 1) as the required building blocks for its construction. Of these two fragments, only 6 needed to be synthesized, since 5 was already available in enantiopure form from our previous studies.[2] Its synthesis began with reduction of racemic 8 [obtained by reaction of the titanium enolate of diketone (Æ)-7 (TiCl4, Et3N) with acetone (ca. 6: 1 dr)][2] using DIBAL-H, which proceeded stereoselectively from the α face of the molecule and at both carbonyl sites to afford, upon purification by chromatography, pure triol 9 in 64% yield over two steps (Scheme1). The diastereoselective reduction of (Æ)-8 with NaBH4 stands in contrast to the reduction of its TES-protected counterpart, which gave the opposite configuration at C25.[2] Interestingly, triol 9 exhibited a small coupling constant between H25 and H21 (JH25, 21= 1.0 Hz), which was rather surprising given the coupling constants between the same protons of its siblings, 9a (JH25, 21= 10.0 Hz),[1] 9b (JH25, 21=
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影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Nicolaou, K. C.;Zhang, Hongjun;Dagneau, Philippe
通讯作者:
Dagneau, Philippe
影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Nicolaou, K. C.;Zhang, Hongjun;Ortiz, Adrian
通讯作者:
Ortiz, Adrian
影响因子:
15
作者:
Shibuya, Masatoshi;Tomizawa, Masaki;Iwabuchi, Yoshiharu
通讯作者:
Iwabuchi, Yoshiharu
DOI:
10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990419)38:8
发表时间:
1999-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Guella, G;Dini, F;Pietra, F
通讯作者:
Pietra, F