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. 2013 Aug 5;19(32):10619-24.
doi: 10.1002/chem.201301914. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Total synthesis and absolute configuration of epicoccamide D, a naturally occurring mannosylated 3-acyltetramic acid

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Total synthesis and absolute configuration of epicoccamide D, a naturally occurring mannosylated 3-acyltetramic acid

Sebastian Loscher et al. Chemistry. .

Abstract

The endofungal metabolite epicoccamide D was synthesised in eighteen steps and 17 % yield as the first member of the family of natural glycotetramic acids. The modular character of the synthesis opens access also to analogues featuring different sugars and spacers. It comprises several high-yielding key steps. The β-D-mannosyl group was introduced by using an α-D-glucosyl imidate donor with subsequent oxidative-reductive epimerisation at C-2'. The pyrrolidine ring was closed quantitatively by a Lacey-Dieckmann condensation of an N-(β-ketoacyl)-N-methyl alaninate. The resulting 3-[ω-(β-D-mannosyl)octadec-2-enoyl]tetramic acid was hydrogenated in the presence of the rhodium catalyst (R,R)-[Rh(Et-DUPHOS)][BF4 ] to establish the (7S)-stereocentre. This was possible only after blocking the acyltetramic acid as a BF2 -chelate to prevent capture of the metal catalyst. We also assigned the hitherto unknown configuration of the natural product as being 5S,7S by comparison of its (13) C NMR spectroscopic and optical rotation data with those of our two synthetic 5S,7R/S-diasteromers.

Keywords: asymmetric hydrogenation; glycoconjugates; natural products; tetramic acid; total synthesis.

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