Issue 30, 2012

The stereocontrolled total synthesis of spirastrellolide A methyl ester. Expedient construction of the key fragments§

Abstract

Due to a combination of their promising anticancer properties, limited supply from the marine sponge source and their unprecedented molecular architecture, spirastrellolides represent attractive and challenging synthetic targets. A modular strategy for the synthesis of spirastrellolide A methyl ester, which allowed for the initial stereochemical uncertainties in the assigned structure was adopted, based on the envisaged sequential coupling of a series of suitably functionalised fragments; in this first paper, full details of the synthesis of these fragments are described. The pivotal C26–C40 DEF bis-spiroacetal was assembled by a double Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation/acetalisation cascade process on a linear diene intermediate, configuring the C31 and C35 acetal centres under suitably mild acidic conditions. A C1–C16 alkyne fragment was constructed by application of an oxy-Michael reaction to introduce the A-ring tetrahydropyran, a Sakurai allylation to install the C9 hydroxyl, and a 1,4-syn boron aldol/directed reduction sequence to establish the C11 and C13 stereocentres. Two different coupling strategies were investigated to elaborate the C26–C40 DEF fragment, involving either a C17–C25 sulfone or a C17–C24 vinyl iodide, each of which was prepared using an Evans glycolate aldol reaction. The remaining C43–C47 vinyl stannane fragment required for introduction of the unsaturated side chain was prepared from (R)-malic acid.

Graphical abstract: The stereocontrolled total synthesis of spirastrellolide A methyl ester. Expedient construction of the key fragments

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Jan 2012
Accepted
08 Mar 2012
First published
16 Apr 2012

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012,10, 5861-5872

The stereocontrolled total synthesis of spirastrellolide A methyl ester. Expedient construction of the key fragments

I. Paterson, E. A. Anderson, S. M. Dalby, J. H. Lim, P. Maltas, O. Loiseleur, J. Genovino and C. Moessner, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5861 DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25100K

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