Synthesis of tetrahydrofuran-based natural products and their carba analogs via stereoselective enzyme mediated Baeyer–Villiger oxidation
摘要:
In this work we present efficient formal syntheses of several biologically interesting natural products (showdomycin, goniofufurone, tratts-kumausyne) and their novel carba analogs by applying different Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases. This strategy provides access to tetrahydrofuran-based natural products, C-nucleosides and both antipodes of the corresponding carba analogs in high optical purities (up to >95% ee) starting from simple achiral and commercially available building blocks (tetrabromoacetone, furan and cyclopentadiene). The striking key features of this chemo-enzymatic approach are the introduction of four stereogenic centers in as few as three reaction steps within a desymmetrization approach and the short-cut of several reaction sequences by the implementation of a biocatalytic step. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.