Ring-opening fluorination of 2,3-epoxy-alcohol is one of the most important ways of introducing fluorine atom into functionalized organic compounds. Catalytic ring-opening fluorination is shown to give excellent yield (88%) by catalytic amount of scandium triflate (Sc(OTf)3) in DME.
Syntheses of both natural (+)- and unnatural (-)-irciniastatin A (aka psymberin) as well as a C1-C2 alkyne analogue of (+)-irciniastatin A have been achieved. The key features of the syntheses include a highly regioselective epoxide-opening reaction and a late-stage assembly of C1-C6, C8-C16, and C17-C25 fragments. (+)-Alkymberin retained a high level of cytotoxicity, whereas (-)-irciniastatin A showed almost no activity. These results suggest that (+)-alkymberin could be a useful enantio-differential probe for mode-of-action study.
Enantioselective Synthesis of <i>trans</i>-4-Methylpipecolic Acid
作者:Carlos Alegret、Ferran Santacana、Antoni Riera
DOI:10.1021/jo071220z
日期:2007.9.1
[GRAPHICS]An asymmetric synthesis for the preparation of both enantiomers of trans-methylpipecolic acids is described. It is based on Sharpless epoxidation as a chirality source, regioselective ring opening with allylamine, and ring-closing metathesis to construct the piperidine ring. The stereogenic center at C-4 is set by stereoselective hydrogenation that is directed by the alcohol functionality of an intermediate and proceeds with good diastereomeric control (trans/cis 16/1). Crystallization of the Boc-protected amino acid afforded the target products with excellent chemical (98% de) and enantiomeric purity (99% ee).
Eu(OTf)<sub>3</sub>-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Nucleophilic Ring Opening of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols: An Efficient Entry to 3-Substituted 1,2-Diol Derivatives
In our study of the totalsynthesis of (+)-irciniastatin A, we found a need to develop a method that enables a C3-selective nucleophilicringopening of 2,3-epoxyalcohol by MeOH, by which we found that the use of combined catalytic amounts of Eu(OTf)3 and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine (DTBMP) enables the intended transformation to obtain 3-methoxy-1,2-diol efficiently. Promising features of a