Synthesis of the Isoxazolo[4,3,2-<i>de</i>]phenanthridinone Moiety of the Parnafungins
作者:Quan Zhou、Barry B. Snider
DOI:10.1021/ol901054r
日期:2009.7.2
A practical route to the labile tetracyclic isoxazolo[4,3,2-de]phenanthridinone moiety of the antifungal parnafungins has been developed. Zinc reduction of a methyl 2'-hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-3-biphenylcarboxylate, which was prepared by a Suzuki coupling, afforded a benzisoxazolone that was treated with MsCl and base to generate the labile tetracyclic ring system in 37-47% yield. This compound decomposes to the phenanthridine in CDCl3 and the phenanthridine N-oxide in aqueous base.