Total Synthesis, Absolute Configuration, and Later Isolation of (-)-Prehalenaquinone, a Putative Biosynthetic Precursor to the Marine Natural Products: Halenaquinone and Xestoquinone
作者:Nobuyuki Harada、Tatsuo Sugioka、Hisashi Uda、Takeo Kuriki、Motomasa Kobayashi、Isao Kitagawa
DOI:10.1021/jo00101a019
日期:1994.11
As part of the total syntheses of halenaquinone (1) and xestoquinone (4), cardiotonic and cytotoxic marine natural products isolated from tropical marine sponges, we have found a new reaction pathway of the DMSO/DCC/PPTS or PTFA reagent that is useful for constructing a dihydrofuran ring system. By application of the reaction, we prepared synthetic intermediate (3S,3aS,12bS)-(-)-8 with a dihydrofuran ring moiety, from which both (+)-halenaquinone (1) and (+)-xestoquinone (4) were synthesized; DMSO/DCC/PPTS oxidation of dihydrofuran-alcohol 8 led to 1, while acid-catalyzed dehydration led to 4. The mechanism of the new DMSO/DCC/PPTS or PTFA reaction was clarified by use of O-18 labeling. We postulated that these synthetic routes might simulate the biosyntheses of 1 and 4 in marine sponges, and putative biosynthetic precursor (3S,3aS,12bS)-(-)-7, named prehalenaquinone, was synthesized. Later, we succeeded in isolating (-)-7 from an Okinawan marine sponge, Xestospongia sapra.