The first total synthesis of oxazolomycin A, a structurally novel oxazole polyene gamma-lactam/beta-lactone antibiotic, is described. Key features Include the stereocontrolled construction of the right-hand heterocyclic core by taking advantage of an In(III)-catalyzed Conia-ene type cyclization and the asymmetric synthesis of the left-hand segment starting with a Cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed cyclocondensation of an aldehyde with an acid chloride.
The total syntheses of (+)-inthomycin A, (+)-inthomycin B and (−)-inthomycin C, the oxazole-triene antibiotics isolated from Streptomyces sp., have been accomplished via the highly enantio- and stereoselective construction of the C1–C7 (iododienyl)aldol units by taking advantage of a Cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed asymmetric β-lactone synthesis and their isomerisation-free Stille coupling with (E)-5-
The first total synthesis of oxazolomycin A, a structurally novel oxazole polyene gamma-lactam/beta-lactone antibiotic, is described. Key features Include the stereocontrolled construction of the right-hand heterocyclic core by taking advantage of an In(III)-catalyzed Conia-ene type cyclization and the asymmetric synthesis of the left-hand segment starting with a Cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed cyclocondensation of an aldehyde with an acid chloride.