The first total synthesis of lactonamycin, a hexacyclic antitumor antibiotic

The total synthesis of lactonamycin has been achieved. The synthesis includes sequential intramolecular conjugate addition of alcohols to the acetylenic ester, stereoselective glycosylation of the tertiary alcohol, and Michael-Dieckmann type cyclization with the thioester, by which the highly convergent route has been established.     

Biomimetic synthetic studies on lactonamycin: an expedient synthesis of dihydroxy-isoindolinone-carboxylates

The synthesis of dihydroxy-isoindolinone-carboxylates from a dioxinone keto-ester and N-protected sarcosine without the use of phenolic protection is described. Base-induced aromatization of the dioxinone diketo-ester followed by lactamization furnished the desired dihydroxy-isoindolinone moiety, which could be used as an EF-ring precursor toward the synthesis of lactonamycin.     

Glycosidation via conjugate addition of anomeric alkoxides to nitroalkenes and nitrosoalkenes

The conjugate addition reactions of protected pyranose alkoxides to both nitroalkenes and nitrosoalkenes, as a route to 2-nitroalkyl, 2-oximinoalkyl and 2-oxoalkyl glycosides, are described.     

Model studies for the synthesis of the antibiotic lactonamycin and the discovery of new reactions and mechanisms for the construction of substituted heterocycles

A new and highly efficient route for the construction of a model for the synthesis of lactonamycin 1 is reported. The chemistry has been utilised for the synthesis of heterocyclic rings, and new reactions for the synthesis of dienes and alkynes are reported.     

Synthetic studies on the CDEF ring system of lactonamycin

Both (1) furan–maleimide Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction and (2) furan–benzyne cycloaddition, Suzuki cross-coupling, boron-mediated aldol, and electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions were examined for the construction of the CDEF ring system of lactonamycin (1).