Toward Ideality: The Synthesis of (+)-Kalkitoxin and (+)-Hydroxyphthioceranic Acid by Assembly-Line Synthesis
作者:Sebastien Balieu、Gayle E. Hallett、Matthew Burns、Teerawut Bootwicha、John Studley、Varinder K. Aggarwal
DOI:10.1021/ja512875g
日期:2015.4.8
The iterative homologation of boronic esters using chiral lithiated benzoate esters and chloromethyllithium has been applied to the highly efficient syntheses of two natural products, (+)-kalkitoxin and (+)-hydroxyphthioceranic acid. The chiral lithiated benzoate esters (>99% ee) were generated from the corresponding stannanes, which themselves were prepared by HoppeBeak deprotonation of ethyl 2,4,6-triisopropyl-benzoate with s-BuLi in the presence of (+)- or (-)-sparteine and trapping with Me3SnCl followed by recrystallization. In addition, it was found that purification between several homologations could be avoided, substantially increasing both chemical and manpower efficiency. In the case of (+)-kalkitoxin, six iterative homologations were conducted on commercially available p-MeOC(6)H(4)CH(2)Bpin to build up the core of the molecule before the C-B bond was converted into the desired CN bond, without purification of intermediates. In the case of (+)-hydroxyphthioceranic acid, 16 iterative homologations were conducted on p-MeOC(6)H(4)Bpin with only four intermediate purifications before oxidation of the C-B bond to the desired alcohol. The stereocontrolled and efficient syntheses of these complex molecules highlight the power of iterative chemical synthesis using boronic esters.
Stereoselective Iridium-N,P-Catalyzed Double Hydrogenation of Conjugated Enones to Saturated Alcohols
作者:Bram B. C. Peters、Jia Zheng、Suppachai Krajangsri、Pher G. Andersson
DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c02422
日期:2022.5.18
multitude of catalytic systems have been developed for this purpose. However, due to the different nature of the π-system, the hydrogenation of olefins and ketones is normally catalyzed by different metal complexes. Herein, a study on the effect of additives on the Ir-N,P-catalyzed hydrogenation of enones is described. The combination of benzamide and the development of a reactive catalyst unlocked a