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Total synthesis and structural revision of vannusals A and B: synthesis of the originally assigned structure of vannusal B

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related to degree

  • Ortiz, Adrian, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Scripps Research 2004 - 2009
  • Dagneau, Philippe, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Scripps Research 2001 - 2006

authors

  • Nicolaou, K.C.
  • Ortiz, Adrian
  • Zhang, H. J.
  • Dagneau, Philippe
  • Lanver, A.
  • Jennings, M. P.
  • Arseniyadis, S.
  • Faraoni, R.
  • Lizos, D. E.

publication date

  • May 2010

journal

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society  Journal

abstract

  • The total synthesis of the originally assigned structure of vannusal B (2) and its diastereomer (d-2) are described. Initial forays into these structures with model systems revealed the viability of a metathesis-based approach and a SmI(2)-mediated strategy for the key cyclization to forge the central region of the molecule, ring C. The former approach was abandoned in favor of the latter when more functionalized substrates failed to enter the cyclization process. The successful, devised convergent strategy based on the SmI(2)-mediated ring closure utilized vinyl iodide (-)-26 and aldehyde fragment (+/-)-86 as key building blocks, whose lithium-mediated coupling led to isomeric coupling products (+)-87 and (-)-88 (as shown in Scheme 17 in the article). Intermediate (-)-88 was converted, via (-)-89 and (-)-90/(+)-91, to vannusal B structure 2 (as shown in Scheme 18 in the article), whose spectroscopic data did not match those reported for the natural product. Similarly, intermediate (+)-25, obtained through coupling of vinyl iodide (-)-26 and aldehyde (+/-)-27 (as shown in Scheme 13 in the article) was transformed via intermediates (-)-97 and (+)-98 (as shown in Scheme 19 in the article) to diastereomeric vannusal B structure (+)-d-2 (as shown in Scheme 19 in the article) which was also proven spectroscopically to be non-identical to the naturally occurring substance. These investigations led to the discovery and development of a number of new synthetic technologies that set the stage for the solution of the vannusal structural conundrum.

subject areas

  • Aldehydes
  • Cyclization
  • Iodides
  • Samarium
  • Spiro Compounds
  • Stereoisomerism
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2881636

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0002-7863

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1021/ja100740t

PubMed ID

  • 20443561
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 7138

end page

  • 7152

volume

  • 132

issue

  • 20

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