The Evans Synthesis of (–)-Nakadomarin A

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Allyl Alcohol ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Direct Conversion ◽  
Heck Coupling ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Selective Activation ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Ru Catalyst ◽  
Nakadomarin A

(–)-Nakadomarin A (4), isolated from the marine sponge Amphimedon sp. off the coast of Okinawa, shows interesting cytotoxic and antibacterial activity. David A. Evans of Harvard University prepared (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9338) 4 by coupling the enantiomerically pure lactam 2 with the prochiral lactam 1. The preparation of 1 began with the aldehyde 5. Following the Comins protocol, addition of lithio morpholine to the carbonyl gave an intermediate that could be metalated and iodinated. Protection of the aldehyde followed by Heck coupling with allyl alcohol gave the aldehyde 7. Addition of the phosphorane derived from 8 followed by deprotection gave 9 with the expected Z selectivity. Addition of the phosphonate 10 was also Z selective, leading to the lactam 1. The preparation of 2 began with the enantiomerically pure imine 12. The addition of 13 was highly diastereoselective, setting the absolute configuration of 15. Alkylation with the iodide 16 delivered 17, which was closed to 2 under conditions of kinetic ring-closing metathesis, using the Grubbs first generation Ru catalyst. The condensation of 1 with 2 gave both of the diastereomeric products, with a 9:1 preference for the desired 3. Experimentally, acid catalysis alone did not effect cyclization, suggesting that the cyclization is proceeding via silylated intermediates. The diastereoselectivity can be rationalized by a preferred extended transition state for the intramolecular Michael addition. Selective activation of 3 followed by reduction gave 18, which underwent Bischler-Napieralski cyclization to give an intermediate that could be reduced to (–)-nakadomarin A (4). It was later found that exposure of 3 to Tf2O and 19 followed by the addition of Redal gave direct conversion to 4. It is instructive to compare this work to the two previous syntheses of 4 that we have highlighted, by Dixon (OHL May 3, 2010) and by Funk (OHL July 4, 2011). Together, these three independent approaches to 4 showcase the variety and dexterity of current organic synthesis.

Total Synthesis by Alkene Metathesis: Amphidinolide X (Urpí/Vilarrasa), Dactylolide (Jennings), Cytotrienin A (Hayashi), Lepadin B (Charette), Blumiolide C (Altmann)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass Taber
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Allylic Alcohols ◽  
Silyl Ether ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Ru Catalyst ◽  
Mo Catalyst ◽  
Metathesis Catalysts ◽  
The University ◽  
Medium Rings

To assemble the framework of the cytotoxic macrolide Amphidinolide X 3, Fèlix Urpí and Jaume Vilarrasa of the Universitat de Barcelona devised (Organic Lett. 2008, 10, 5191) the ring-closing metathesis of the alkenyl silane 1. No Ru catalyst was effective, but the Schrock Mo catalyst worked well. In the course of a synthesis of (-)-Dactylolide 6, Michael P. Jennings of the University of Alabama offered (J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 5965) a timely reminder of the particular reactivity of allylic alcohols in ring-closing metathesis. The cyclization of 4 to 5 proceeded smoothly, but attempted ring closing of the corresponding bis silyl ether failed. Polyenes such as ( + )-Cytotrienin A 8 are notoriously unstable. It is remarkable that Yujiro Hayashi of the Tokyo University of Science could (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6657) assemble the triene of 8 by the ring-closing metathesis of the highly functionalized precursor 7. Bicyclo [2.2.2] structures such as 9 are readily available by the addition of, in this case, methyl acrylate to an enantiomerically-pure 2-methylated dihydropyridine. André B. Charette of the Université de Montréal found (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13873) that 9 responded well to ring-opening/ring-closing metathesis, to give the octahydroquinoline 10. Functional group manipulation converted 10 into the Clavelina alkaloid ( + )-Lepadin B 11. The construction of trisubstituted alkenes by ring-closing metathesis can be difficult, and medium rings with their transannular strain are notoriously challenging to form. Nevertheless, Karl-Heinz Altmann of the ETH Zürich was able (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 10081), using the H2 catalyst, to cyclize 12 to cyclononene 13, the precursor to the Xenia lactone ( + )-Blumiolide C 14. It is noteworthy that these fi ve syntheses used four different metathesis catalysts in the key alkene forming step. For the cyclization of 7, the use of the Grubbs first generation catalyst G1, that couples terminal alkenes but tends not to interact with internal alkenes, was probably critical to success.

Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: Grandisol (Goess), 8-Epihalosilane (Kouklovsky/Vincent), (+)-Chinensiolide B (Hall)

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Boll Weevil ◽  
Alkyne Metathesis ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Ru Catalyst ◽  
Complementary Approach ◽  
Terminal Substituent ◽  
Furman University ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University

The cost of using Grubbs-type catalysts could be reduced dramatically if the turnover could be improved. Richard L. Pederson of Materia found (Organic Lett. 2010, 12, 984) that in MTBE at 50°C, the ring-closing metathesis of 1 proceeded to completion in 8 hours with just 500 ppm of H2 catalyst 2. Jianhui Wang of Tianjin University constructed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4425) a modified H2 catalyst 5 tethered to a nitrobenzospiropyran. After the cyclization of 4 to 6 was run in CH2Cl2, the mixture was irradiated with visible light, converting 5 into its ionic form, which could be extracted with glycol/methanol, leaving little Ru residue in the cyclized product. In the dark, the catalyst reverted and could be extracted back into CH2Cl2 and reused. In a complementary approach, David W. Knight of Cardiff University found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 638) that the residual Ru after metathesis could be reduced to < 2 ppm simply by stirring the product with H2O2. Cyclopropenes such as 6 are readily available in enantiomerically pure form by the addition of diazoacetates to alkynes. Christophe Meyer and Janine Cossy of ESPCI ParisTech showed (Organic Lett. 2010, 12, 248) that with a Ti additive, G2 cyclized 7 to 8. Siegfried Blechert of the Technische Universität Berlin devised (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3972) the chiral Ru catalyst 11, which converted the prochiral 9 to 12 in high ee. Daesung Lee of the University of Illinois, Chicago, explored (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 8840) the cyclization of the diyne 13 with 14 under G2 catalysis. Depending on the terminal substituent, the cyclization could be directed selectively to 15 or 16. Bran C. Goess of Furman University took advantage (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 226) of alkyne ring-closing metathesis for the conversion of 17 to 18. Selective hydrogenation then delivered the boll weevil pheromone grandisol 19. Cyrille Kouklovsky and Guillaume Vincent of the Université de Paris Sud extended (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 4333) ring-opening/ring-closing metathesis to the nitroso Diels-Alder adduct 20. Reduction led to 8-epihalosilane 22.

The Funk Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Terminal Alkyne ◽  
Alkyne Metathesis ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Direct Construction ◽  
Nakadomarin A ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Practical Limit ◽  
Convergent Assembly ◽  
Convergent Design

The Z alkene of nakadomarin A 3 suggested to Raymond L. Funk an approach (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4912) based on ring-closing alkyne metathesis. The efficient assembly of 3 he reported illustrates the power of convergent design in target-directed synthesis. A practical limit on applications of alkyne metathesis is the requirement for internal alkynes, necessitating methyl capping of a terminal alkyne. In an alternative approach, Professor Funk took advantage of the long-known ( J. Chem. Soc. 1954 , 3201) equilibration of a terminal alkyne 4 to the internal alkyne 5. Homologation of 5 with the phosphonate 6, followed by condensation with the ketone 7, then delivered the furan 8. The assembly of the other half of 1 began with the commercial alcohol derived by reduction of D -pyroglutamic acid. Protection gave 9, which on hydride addition and dehydration was converted to 10. One-carbon homologation with the Vilsmeier-Haack reagent proceeded with the expected regiocontrol. This set the stage for the triply convergent assembly of 14 , first reductive amination of the aldehyde 11 with 12 , then acylation of the resulting secondary amine with 13. The nucleophilic 14 was condensed with the aldehyde 8 to give an enone (not illustrated). Exposure of the enone to InCl 3 initiated an elegant cascade cyclization, first of the enamide in a conjugate sense to the enone, then Friedel-Crafts addition of the resulting N-stabilized carbocation to the furan, to deliver 15. The pendant silyloxymethyl group exerted the hoped-for diastereocontrol, allowing the direct construction of the central tetracycle of 3. Hydrolysis and decarboxylation completed the assembly of the diyne 1. Initially, it was found that exposure of 1 to a molybdenum catalyst delivered 2 in only modest yield. As an alternative, they employed the technically more challenging tungsten-based Schrock catalyst. Later, they found that the recently developed Fürstner Mo protocol also worked well. The amide 2 could readily be carried on to the triene 18. With the first-generation Grubbs catalyst G1, kinetic ring-closing metathesis of 18, to complete the assembly of (-)-nakadomarin 3, could be effected without jeopardizing the existing Z alkene.

A Total Synthesis of the Styryllactone (+)-Goniodiol from Naphthalene

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin G. Banwell ◽  
Mark J. Coster ◽  
Alison J. Edwards ◽  
Ochitha P. Karunaratne ◽  
Jason A. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Synthesis ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Lithium Perchlorate ◽  
Protecting Group ◽  
Microbial Oxidation ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Benzylic Alcohol ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Metal Catalyzed

The cytotoxic natural product (+)-goniodiol (1) has been prepared in twelve steps from the enantiomerically pure cis-dihydrocatechol (2), which is readily obtained by microbial oxidation of naphthalene. Elaboration of compound (2) involves an initial oxidative cleavage to dialdehyde (7) followed by reduction to give diol (12). Conversion of compound (12) into acetal (17) required, inter alia, selective oxidation of the benzylic alcohol moiety followed by a metal-catalyzed decarbonylation of the resulting aldehyde. Allylation of compound (17) with allyltributylstannane in the presence of lithium perchlorate gave a ca. 2.7 : 1 mixture of alcohols (18) and (19), each of which was converted into the corresponding acrylate under standard conditions. Subjection of these ester derivatives to a ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction with Grubbs' first-generation catalyst gave the anticipated lactones (22) and (23). Acid-catalyzed removal of the acetonide protecting group within compound (22) then afforded (+)-goniodiol (1), while analogous deprotection of congener (23) afforded 6-epi-(+)-goniodiol (24).

Total synthesis of (−)-nakadomarin A: alkyne ring-closing metathesis

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (46) ◽  
pp. 6094-6097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavol Jakubec ◽  
Andrew F. Kyle ◽  
Jonás Calleja ◽  
Darren J. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Nakadomarin A

Enzymes in organic synthesis. 32. Stereospecific horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidations of exo- and endo-oxabicyclic meso diols

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2578-2582 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bryan Jones ◽  
Christopher J. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Horse Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Preparative Scale ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Horse Liver ◽  
One Step ◽  
Catalyzed Oxidation ◽  
Enzymes In Organic Synthesis

Preparative-scale horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidation of mesoexo- and endo-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane diols provides a direct one-step route to enantiomerically pure chiral γ-lactones of the oxabicyclic series.

Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis: Phaseolinic Acid (Selvakumar), Methyl 7-Dihydro-trioxacarcinoside B (Koert), Arglabin (Reiser) and Amphidinolide V (Fürstner)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass Taber
Keyword(s):  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Secondary Alcohol ◽  
Allylic Alcohol ◽  
Alkyne Metathesis ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Ring Closing Metathesis ◽  
Relative Configuration ◽  
Stereogenic Centers ◽  
Ru Complexes

As N. Selvakumar of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd., Hyderabad approached (Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 2021) the synthesis of phaseolinic acid 6, there was some concern about the projected cyclization of 2 to 3, as this would involve the coupling of two electron-deficient alkenes. In fact, the Ru-mediated ring-closing metathesis proceeded efficiently. The product unsaturated lactone 3 could be reduced selectively to either the trans product 4 or the cis product 5. There has been relatively little work on the synthesis of the higher branched sugars, such as the octalose 13, a component of several natural products. The synthesis of 13 (Organic Lett. 2007, 9, 4777) by Ulrich Koert of the Philipps-University Marburg also began with a Baylis-Hillman product, the easily-resolved secondary alcohol 8. As had been observed in other contexts, cyclization of the protected allylic alcohol 9a failed, but cyclization of the free alcohol 9b proceeded smoothly. V-directed epoxidation then set the relative configuration of the stereogenic centers on the ring. Ring-closing metathesis to construct tetrasubstituted alkenes has been a challenge, and specially-designed Ru complexes have been put forward specifically for this transformation. Oliver Reiser of the Universität Regensburg was pleased to observe (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6361) that the second-generation Grubbs catalyst itself worked well for the cyclization of 17 to 18. Again in this synthesis, catalytic V was used to direct the relative configuration of the epoxide. Intramolecular alkyne metathesis is now well-established as a robust and useful method for organic synthesis. It was also known that Ru-mediated metathesis of an alkyne with ethylene could lead to the diene. The question facing (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed . 2007, 46, 5545) Alois Fürstner of the Max-Planck-Institut, Mülheim was whether these transformations could be carried out on the very delicate epoxy alkene 21. In fact, the transformations of 21 to 22 and of 22 to 23 proceeded well, setting the stage for the total synthesis of Amphidinolide V 25.

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