Total Synthesis of Enigmazole A from <i>Cinachyrella enigmatica</i>. Bidirectional Bond Constructions with an Ambident 2,4-Disubstituted Oxazole Synthon
作者:Colin K. Skepper、Tim Quach、Tadeusz F. Molinski
DOI:10.1021/ja1016975
日期:2010.8.4
The first total synthesis of the cytotoxic marine macrolide enigmazole A has been completed in 22 steps (longest linear sequence). The sensitive, densely functionalized 2,4-disubstituted oxazole fragment was constructed using an efficient Negishi-type coupling of an oxazol-2-ylzinc reagent formed directly from the parent ethyl 2-iodooxazole-4-carboxylate by zinc insertion. Other key steps include a hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition to form the central embedded pyran ring, a Wittig reaction to unite Eastern and Western hemispheres, and a ring size-selective Keck macrolactonization.