Highly stereoselective and efficient synthesis of functionalized cyclohexanes with multiple stereocenters

Chiral 7-oxo-2-enimides 2, which were readily obtained through a silyloxy-Cope rearrangement of syn-aldol products 1, have proved to be versatile substrates for a one-step, highly efficient and stereoselective synthesis of functionalized cyclohexanes. Organocopper and organoaluminum reagents have been employed as nucleophiles that underwent a conjugate addition to the enimide structure of the Cope products. The enolates formed in situ attacked the aldehyde or iminium ion in an intramolecular aldol or Mannich reaction, respectively, to directly yield cyclohexanols 3 and 4 and cyclohexylamines 5, respectively, in moderate to good yields and with excellent stereocontrol.     

Organocatalytic enantioselective domino synthesis of highly functionalized cyclohexanes with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter

A highly enantioselective organocatalytic domino Michael/aldol reaction is presented. The reaction is catalyzed by chiral amines and gives access to highly functionalized cyclohexanes with one all-carbon quaternary stereocenter and multiple chiral stereocenters in high yields and 83-98% ee.     

An efficient synthesis of highly functionalized chiral lactams

A new method was developed to synthesize highly functionalized lactams via a one pot reductive amination/lactam formation reaction. This methodology is amenable for parallel synthesis and was used to prepare a large number of lactam analogs in a library format with good ee (de) retention.     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel fumagillin and ovalicin analogues

A promising approach among the numerous efforts to cure cancer is the interruption of the tumour-induced formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis). By suppressing angiogenesis with drugs, the tumour can neither grow to a life threatening size, nor metastasize. The natural product fumagillin 1 and the structurally related ovalicin 2 are two of the most potent anti-angiogenic compounds. Here, we report the design and synthesis of novel fumagillin and ovalicin analogues lacking reactive epoxy functionalities, which were thought to be responsible for the severe toxic side-effects observed. We also report a new synthetic approach and the determination of the anti-angiogenic properties of these compounds in endothelial cells.     

An efficient synthesis of highly functionalized dinucleotide cap analogs

An efficient synthesis of new cap analogs containing aminoallyl linkers such as m⁷G[5′]pppp[5′]U-aminoallyl and m₂^7,3′OG[5′]pppp[5′]U-aminoallyl is reported. The final cap analog has been isolated with high purity (>99.8%) after ion-exchange column purification.     

Simple and highly efficient synthesis of oxaziridines by tetrabutylammonium Oxone

Oxygenation of various aldimines with tetrabutylammonium monoperoxysulfate produced the corresponding E- or a mixture of E- and Z-oxaziridines with very high yields (?90%) and good to excellent selectivities (75-100%) within 20 min to 10 h in CH₃CN at room temperature (∼25 °C). The E/Z isomer ratio critically depends on the stereo-electronic nature of the substituents in the oxaziridines, solvent, and the presence of Lewis acids and bases.     

Organocatalyzed highly efficient synthesis of densely functionalized pyrrole-fused 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives

Abstract

An organo base catalyzed diverse pyrrole-fused 1,4-dihydropyridines were synthesized. This one-pot, three-component domino reaction of enamino imides, aromatic aldehydes, and malononitrile/ethyl cyanoacetate was achieved by 10?mol% of DMAP under refluxing ethanol. In addition, novel bis-pyrrole-fused 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives were also prepared by using terephthalaldehyde as a linker instead of simple aromatic aldehydes. This transformation proceeds via Knoevenagel condensation/Michael addition and N-cyclization reaction sequence and have some salient features including the use of a cost-effective catalyst, short reaction time and high atom economy. Moreover, the reusability of the catalyst was also performed up to five runs without any significant loss in activity.     

A simple and efficient approach to the synthesis of highly functionalized fused benzochromenes

Protonation of the reactive intermediates produced in the reaction between tert-butyl isocyanide and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate or dibenzoylacetylene, by 1-naphthol, 2-naphthol, 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene, 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene or 4-methyl-8-hydroxycoumarin leads to vinylnitrilium cations, which undergo carbon-centered Michael type addition with the conjugate base of the naphthols to produce highly functionalized benzochromenes.     

Double cascade reactions based on the Barbas dienamine platform: highly stereoselective synthesis of functionalized cyclohexanes for cardiovascular agents

The amino acid proline catalyzed the three- and five-component cascade olefination-Diels-Alder-epimerization and olefination-Diels-Alder-epimerization-olefination-hydrogenation reactions of readily available precursors enones 1a-i, arylaldehydes 2a-k, alkyl cyanoacetates 3a-e and Hantzsch ester 9 to furnish highly substituted prochiral 1-cyano-4-oxo-2,6-diaryl-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid alkyl esters 6 and 1-cyano-4-(cyano-alkoxycarbonyl-methyl)-2,6-diaryl-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid alkyl esters 10 in a highly diastereoselective fashion with excellent yields. Prochiral cis-isomers 6 are excellent starting materials for the synthesis of cardiovascular agents and hypnotic active products.     

Synthesis of enantiomerically pure,highly functionalized,medium-sized carbocycles from carbohydrates: formal total synthesis of (+)-calystegine b(2)

The free radical cyclization (FR) and the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction have been analyzed in order to develop new and original synthetic protocols for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure, highly functionalized, medium-sized carbocycles from carbohydrates. As a result, we report here for the first time examples of the 7-exo FR cyclization of acyclic radical precursors derived from sugars. This process appears to be extremely sensitive to the conformational mobility of the radical species in the transition state. The use of two isopropylidene groups blocking four of the total present hydroxyl groups and a good radical acceptor (as an alpha,beta-unsaturated ester) are mandatory conditions for a successful ring closure protocol. The RCM reaction by using Grubbs' catalyst on selected carbohydrate-derived precursors has afforded variable yields of the expected unsaturated cycloheptane or cycloctane derivatives. The synthesis of the cycloheptitols has been carried out in good yields, regardless of the absolute configuration at the different stereocenters and the nature of the O-functional groups bound in allylic positions to one of the double bonds implicated in the metathesis reaction. Conversely, in the cyclooctane synthesis, we have observed that the success of the reaction depends not only on the absolute configuration at the different stereocenters close to the double bonds but also on the nature of the O-protecting groups on these stereocenters. Finally, the RCM strategy has been used in an attempt to prepare natural (+)-calystegine B(2) from D-glucose. The synthesis of compound 92 from D-glucose constitutes a formal total synthesis of (+)-calystegine B(2), showing the importance of the steric hindrance in allylic positions for a successful RCM reaction.     

A highly selective tandem cross-coupling of gem-dihaloolefins for a modular, efficient synthesis of highly functionalized indoles

A highly efficient method of indole synthesis using gem-dihalovinylaniline substrates and an organoboron reagent was developed via a Pd-catalyzed tandem intramolecular amination and an intermolecular Suzuki coupling. Aryl, alkenyl, and alkyl boron reagents are all successfully employed, making for a versatile modular approach. The reaction tolerates a variety of substitution patterns on the aniline leading to indoles with group at C2-C7. The orthogonal approach of the sequential copper- and palladium-mediated synthesis of 1,2-diarylindoles exploited the wide availability of diverse organoboron reagents.     

Two-directional total synthesis of efomycine M and formal total synthesis of elaiolide

The anti-inflammatory agent efomycine M (1) has been synthesized from macrodilactone 38 and vinyliodide 42 by a two-directional total synthesis in 17 steps over the longest linear sequence with an overall yield of 7%. The C₂-symmetric macrodiolide 38 has been prepared by Yamaguchi macrolactonization of seco-acid 26. The central stereopentad of 1 was obtained by a highly efficient anti-aldol reaction followed by a diastereoselective ketone reduction. Additionally, we have completed a formal total synthesis of elaiolide (3) by converting macrodiolide 37 into Paterson's methylketone 13.     

Enantioselective formal total synthesis of roseophilin

[formula: see text] An enantioselective formal total synthesis of roseophilin 3 is presented. The 13-membered ring of macrotricycle 1 was formed via an efficient ring-closing metathesis reaction of bicycle 4. A palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation reaction of enol triflate 5 was utilized to functionalize the right-hand ring of bicycle 2. The allyl substituent was introduced by a radical allylation of alpha-bromoketone 17.     

A formal total synthesis of geneserine

The key oxindole intermediate (2) which has recently been used in a total synthesis of the alkaloid geneserine, has been prepared by a short, efficient route utilising a radical cyclisation.     

An efficient approach for total synthesis of aminopropyl functionalized ganglioside GM1b

A highly efficient protocol for the synthesis of aminopropyl functionalized ganglioside GM1b has been described. The full protected ganglioside GM1b was obtained in 71% yield within 5 h. The key feature of the synthetic approach was the use of sialic acid donor that was with a C-5 trichloroacetamide moiety and with a dibenzyl phosphite residue as leaving group at the anomeric carbon. The sialyl donor gave high yields and excellent α-anomeric selectivities with a wide variety of glycosyl acceptors ranging from C-3 or C-6 hydroxyls of galactoside to C-6 hydroxyl of glucosaminoside by using TMSOTf as catalyst in a mixture solution of acetonitrile and methylene chloride.     

A formal total synthesis of dictyostatin

A convergent formal synthesis of the antimitotic macrolide dictyostatin has been achieved. The C11-C26 fragment of dictyostatin was prepared via convergent assembly of the central deoxypropionate motif utilizing a site- and stereoselective titanium-mediated reductive cross-coupling and an asymmetric hydrogenation of the resulting stereodefined 1,3-diene.     

Improved formal total synthesis of tetrahydrometinoxocrinine

An improved, isomer-free synthesis of Tetrahydrometinoxocrinine ($\text{1}$) is described.     

A formal total synthesis of platencin

The readily available and enantiomerically pure trienes 12 undergo a thermally induced intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction to give the corresponding mixture of compounds 13 and 14. This mixture has been elaborated to an advanced intermediate associated with Nicolaou's recently reported total synthesis of the natural enantiomeric form of the antibiotic platencin (2).