A formal total synthesis of eleutherobin using the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction of a densely functionalized diene as the key step: Investigation of the unusual kinetically controlled RCM stereochemistry

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作者
Castoldi, D
Caggiano, L
Panigada, L
Sharon, O
Costa, AM
Gennari, C
机构
[1] Univ Milan, Ist Sci & Tecnol Mol, Dipartimento Chim Organ & Ind, Ctr Eccelenza CISI, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[2] Univ Barcelona, Dept Quim Organ, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
关键词
antitumor agents; natural products; ring-closing metathesis; stereocontrol; total synthesis;
D O I
10.1002/chem.200500749
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Asymmetric oxyallylation reactions and ring-closing metathesis have been used to synthesize compound 3, a key advanced intermediate used in the total synthesis of eleutherobin reported by Danishefsky and coworkers. The aldebyde 6, which is readily prepared from commercially available R-(-)-carvone in six steps in 30% overall yield on multigram quantities, was converted into the diene 5 utilizing two stereoselective titanium-mediated Hafner-Duthaler oxyallylation reactions. The reactions gave the desired products (8 and 12) in high yields (73 and 83%, respectively) as single diastereoisomers, with the allylic alcohol already protected as the p-methoxyphenyl (PMP) ether, which previous work has demonstrated actually aids ring-closing metathesis compared to other protective groups and the corresponding free alcohol. Cyclization under forcing conditions, using Grubbs' second-generation catalyst 13, gave the ten-membered carbocycle (E)-14 in 64% yield. This result is in sharp contrast to similar, but less functionalized, dienes, which have all undergone cyclization to give the Z stereoisomers exclusively. A detailed investigation of this unusual cyclization stereochemistry by computational methods has shown that the E isomer of the ten-membered carbocycle is indeed less thermodynamically stable than the corresponding Z isomer. In fact, the selectivity is believed to be due to the dense functionality around the ruthenacyclobutane intermediate that favors the transruthenacycle, which ultimately leads to the less stable E isomer of the ten-membered carbocycle under kinetic control. During the final synthetic manipulations the double bond of enedione (E)-16 isomerized to the more thermodynamically stable enedione (Z)-4, giving access to the advanced key-intermediate 3, which was spectroscopically and analytically identical to the data reported by Danishefsky and co-workers, and thereby completing the formal synthesis of eleutherobin.
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