Total syntheses of the squalene-derived halogenated polyethers ent -dioxepandehydrothyrsiferol and armatol A via bromonium- and Lewis acid-initiated epoxide-opening cascades
摘要:
Herein we describe in full our investigations leading to the first total syntheses of ent-dioxepandehydrothyrsiferol and armatol A. Discovery of a bromonium-initiated epoxide-opening cascade enabled novel tactics for constructing key fragments found in both natural products and have led us to revise the proposed biogeneses. Other common features found in the routes include convergent fragment coupling strategies to assemble the natural products' backbones and the use of epoxide-opening cascades for rapid constructions of the fused polyether subunits. Through de novo synthesis of armatol A, we elucidate the absolute and relative configuration of this natural product. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Total syntheses of the squalene-derived halogenated polyethers ent -dioxepandehydrothyrsiferol and armatol A via bromonium- and Lewis acid-initiated epoxide-opening cascades
作者:Brian S. Underwood、Jessica Tanuwidjaja、Sze-Sze Ng、Timothy F. Jamison
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.04.041
日期:2013.6
Herein we describe in full our investigations leading to the first total syntheses of ent-dioxepandehydrothyrsiferol and armatol A. Discovery of a bromonium-initiated epoxide-opening cascade enabled novel tactics for constructing key fragments found in both natural products and have led us to revise the proposed biogeneses. Other common features found in the routes include convergent fragment coupling strategies to assemble the natural products' backbones and the use of epoxide-opening cascades for rapid constructions of the fused polyether subunits. Through de novo synthesis of armatol A, we elucidate the absolute and relative configuration of this natural product. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A highly stereoselective route to substituted bis-tetrahydrofurans from 1,5-dienes.
Bis-tetrahydrofurans 1a and 1b, containing four chiral centers, are obtained with a 90 % isomeric purity from geranyl and neryl chlorides in four steps including two stereoselective cyclizations.