Formal total synthesis of (+)-neopeltolide

J Org Chem. 2012 Nov 2;77(21):9840-5. doi: 10.1021/jo301425c. Epub 2012 Oct 15.

Abstract

This paper describes the formal total synthesis of (+)-neopeltolide, a cytotoxic macrolide isolated from the marine sponge Neopeltidae. The key features of the synthesis include an asymmetric Evans alkylation to fix the C9-methyl center, Jacobsen hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides followed by their regioselective opening to fix the stereocenters at the C11 and C13 positions, respectively, a Pd-catalyzed oxa-Michael reaction to construct the tetrahydropyran ring, and Yamaguchi macrolactonization to form the macrocyclic core of the molecule.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Catalysis
  • Kinetics
  • Macrolides / chemical synthesis*
  • Macrolides / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Palladium / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Macrolides
  • neopeltolide
  • Palladium