Antibody-catalyzed enantioselective Robinson annulation
Antibody-catalyzed enantioselective Robinson annulation
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DOI:
10.1021/ja970944x
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发表时间:
1997-08-27
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15
通讯作者:
Barbas, CF
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作者:
Zhong, GF;Hoffmann, T;Barbas, CF
We report an antibody that is remarkable in that it catalyzes both steps of an important synthetic transformation, the Robinson annulation. The Robinson annulation which accomplishes, in net terms, the conversion of a f c occupies a key role in organic synthesis. 1 In most instances, the overall annulation is comprised of an alkylation (or Michael addition) step leading to b followed by a cyclodehydration step to give a cycloalkenone b f c.A particularly well-known synthetic intermediate, which is assembled through a Robinson annulation sequence, is the Wieland-Miescher (WM) ketone 6. 2 The Robinson annulation reaction, in general, and the WM ketone, in particular, have been employed on countless occasions in the synthesis of natural products, notably steroids and terpenoids. 1a-c For instance, a recent total synthesis of taxol started with the (S)-antipode of the WM ketone. 3 For this, as well as other applications, 4, 5 the availability of the enantiopure version of the WM ketone is enormously helpful. In practice, however, the enantioselection in the cyclization step of prochiral 5 en route to 6 is on the order of 70% enantiomeric excess (ee). 2, 6 Fractional crystallization, with attendant losses, is necessary to attain acceptable homogeneity of the desired (R)-or (S)-antipode of 6 or derivatives thereof. The goals of the research described herein were to explore the possibility of utilizing catalytic antibodies to achieve the entire Robinson annulation sequence (a f b f c) and the cyclodehydration step (b f c). For the case of the synthesis of the WM ketone, we explore whether enantioselection in the last step (cf. 5 f 6) could be achieved under governance by the catalytic antibody.