Synthesis of Optically Active β,γ-Unsaturated α-Amino Acids and of α,β-Unsaturated γ-Amino Acids. SN2- vs. SN2’-Dichotomy of the Mitsunobu Amination of Allylic Alcohols
intermediate C42–C52 (L-ring) segment was problematic. Therefore, a new and improved procedure for the C42–C52 segment, having modified protecting groups, was developed. The new route includes a chirality transferring Ireland-Claisen rearrangement for the construction of the vicinal dimethyl branching at C47–48, a one-pot cyclization process for the establishment of the stereocenters at C45 and C46 as
The first totalsynthesis of the potent antibiotic disciformycin B (2) is described, which is exceptionally isomerization‐prone and transforms into disciformycin A (1) even under notably mild conditions. To outweigh this bias, the approach to 2 hinged on the use of a silyl residue at C4 to lock the critical double bond in place and hence insure the integrity of the synthetic intermediates en route