Enantioselective total synthesis of aspergillide C

Org Lett. 2009 Feb 5;11(3):761-4. doi: 10.1021/ol802803x.

Abstract

The first enantioselective total synthesis of aspergillide C, a cytotoxic 14-membered macrolide isolated from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus ostianus, has been accomplished from a commercially available chiral glycidol derivative by a 12-step sequence involving an expeditious preparation of a cyclic acetal intermediate and a trans-selective Ferrier-type two-carbon homologation reaction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Epoxy Compounds / chemistry*
  • Macrolides / chemical synthesis*
  • Macrolides / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Propanols / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Epoxy Compounds
  • Macrolides
  • Propanols
  • aspergillide C
  • glycidol