Highly Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of β-<scp>d</scp>-Mannosyl Phosphomycoketide: A Natural Product from <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
作者:Nan-Sheng Li、Louise Scharf、Erin J. Adams、Joseph A. Piccirilli
DOI:10.1021/jo4006602
日期:2013.6.21
beta-D-Mannosyl phosphomycoketide (C-32-MPM), a naturally occurring glycolipid found in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, acts as a potent antigen to activate T-cells upon presentation by CD1c protein. The lipid portion of C-32-MPM contains, a C-32-mycoketide, consisting of a saturated oligoisoprenoid chain with five chiral methyl branches. Here we develop several stereocontrolled approaches to assemble the oligoisoprenoid chain with high stereopurity (>96%) using Julia-Kocienski olefinations followed by diimide reduction. By careful choice of olefination sites, we could derive all chirality from a single commercial compound, methyl (2S)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionate (>99% ee). Our approach is the first highly stereocontrolled method to prepare C-32-MPM molecule with >96% stereopurity from a single >99% ee starting material. We anticipate that our methods will facilitate the highly stereocontrolled synthesis of a variety of other natural products containing chiral oligoisoprenoid-like chains, including vitamins, phytol, insect pheromones, and archaeal lipids.