Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Wortmannin

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 May 24;139(20):6815-6818. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b02515. Epub 2017 May 11.

Abstract

A concise and enantioselective total synthesis of the potent PI3K inhibitor (+)-wortmannin is described. A Pd-catalyzed cascade reaction was first developed to connect a synthon derived from Hajos-Parrish ketone to a furan moiety. The subsequent Friedel-Crafts alkylation of the β-position of a furan ring to an epoxide was optimized to establish the C10 quaternary center. (+)-Wortmannin was eventually accomplished by transformations following a late-stage oxidation of the furan allylic position. Kinome profiling and in vitro enzymatic assays were performed on 17-β-hydroxy-wortmannin and an epoxide analogue.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Androstadienes / chemical synthesis*
  • Androstadienes / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Molecular Structure
  • Palladium / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Wortmannin

Substances

  • Androstadienes
  • Palladium
  • Wortmannin