作者:Florian Kaiser、Hans-Günther Schmalz
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(03)01136-0
日期:2003.9
The first synthetic study towards the natural product pestalone (1) is described culminating in the preparation of selected n-1 analogues. Pestalone is a chlorinated and prenylated benzophenone antibiotic, which is of interest due to a strong activity against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains (MRSA). Key step of the synthesis is the nucleophilic addition of a highly functionalized aryllithium building block to a 2-prenylated 3,5-dialkoxy-benzaldehyde followed by oxidation. For the introduction of the prenyl sidechain by aryl-allyl coupling, different procedures were evaluated, among them the Stille reaction and a nickel pi-allyl complex coupling. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.