作者:Henning J. Jessen、Andreas Schumacher、Fabian Schmid、Andreas Pfaltz、Karl Gademann
DOI:10.1021/ol201692h
日期:2011.8.19
Silyl-protected (R)-methyl 2-(hydroxymethyl)butanoate was obtained by an enantioselective Ir-catalyzed hydrogenation In high yield and selectivity. Elaboration of this building block via Takai and Stille reactions gave a protected hydroxy polyene chain, which was coupled to a 5-hydroxyphenyl-4-hydroxy-2-pyridone derivative by a modified Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction. Deprotection gave synthetic (+)-torrublelione C, which led to the assignment of the configuration of the natural product as (R).