Late-stage benzenoid-to-troponoid skeletal modification of the cephalotanes exemplified by the total synthesis of harringtonolide

Stefan Wiesler, Goh Sennari, Mihai V. Popescu, Kristen E. Gardner, Kazuhiro Aida, Robert S. Paton () and Richmond Sarpong ()
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Stefan Wiesler: University of California
Goh Sennari: University of California
Mihai V. Popescu: Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
Kristen E. Gardner: University of California
Kazuhiro Aida: University of California
Robert S. Paton: Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
Richmond Sarpong: University of California

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Skeletal modifications enable elegant and rapid access to various derivatives of a compound that would otherwise be difficult to prepare. They are therefore a powerful tool, especially in the synthesis of natural products or drug discovery, to explore different natural products or to improve the properties of a drug candidate starting from a common intermediate. Inspired by the biosynthesis of the cephalotane natural products, we report here a single-atom insertion into the framework of the benzenoid subfamily, providing access to the troponoid congeners — representing the reverse of the proposed biosynthesis (i.e., a contra-biosynthesis approach). Computational evaluation of our designed transformation prompted us to investigate a Büchner–Curtius–Schlotterbeck reaction of a p-quinol methylether, which ultimately results in the synthesis of harringtonolide in two steps from cephanolide A, which we had previously prepared. Additional computational studies reveal that unconventional selectivity outcomes are driven by the choice of a Lewis acid and the nucleophile, which should inform further developments of these types of reactions.

Date: 2024
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