Total synthesis of dictyodendrin B
Total synthesis of dictyodendrin B
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DOI:
10.1021/ja0541175
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发表时间:
2005-08-24
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Scheiper, B
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作者:
Fürstner, A;Domostoj, MM;Scheiper, B
A concise total synthesis of dictyodendrin B (1) is reported, a scarce marine alkaloid endowed with promising telomerase inhibitory activity. Key steps of the chosen route are a reductive cyclization of ketoamide11to indole12mediated by low-valent titanium (from TiCl3and KC8) followed by a photochemical 6π-electrocyclization, which was performed in the presence of Pd/C and nitrobenzene to effect concomitant dehydrogenation/aromatization of the product initially formed. Regioselective bromination of the resulting pyrrolocarbazole13followed by lithium/bromine exchange and quenching of the resulting organolithium species withp-methoxybenzaldehyde installed the side chain at C2. Oxidation of the benzylic alcohol15thus obtained to ketone17was best achieved with catalytic amounts of tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP) andN-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMO) in dilute CH2Cl2solution to avoid the formation of undue amounts of the unsymmetrical dimer16. Ketone17was elaborated into the natural product by selective cleavage of the isopropyl ether with BCl3, introduction of the sulfate moiety with the aid of trichloroethyl chlorosulfuric acid ester, deprotection of all lateral methyl ether groups, and final reductive cleavage of the trichloroethyl ester moiety. The spectroscopic data of synthetic dictyodendrin B thus formed matched those of an authentic sample in all regards. Moreover, it was shown that global deprotection of the peripheral −OH groups in pyrrolo[2,3-c]carbazole13is accompanied by spontaneous air-oxidation to form the quinone core of dictyodendrin C.