The Use of Butane Diacetals of Glycolic Acid as Precursors for the Synthesis of the Phytotoxic Calmodulin Inhibitor Herbarumin II

Elena Díez, Darren J. Dixon, Steven V. Ley, Alessandra Polara, Felix Rodríguez

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    Abstract

    The total synthesis of phytotoxic nonenolide herbarumin II (1) has been achieved by implementation of butane diacetal (BDA)-desymmetrised glycolate building blocks. Three of the four stereogenic centres present in the key coupling fragments were generated from both enantiomeric forms of the BDA building block in highly diastereoselective alkylation and aldol reactions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3717-3729
    Number of pages12
    JournalHelvetica Chimica Acta
    Volume86
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

    Keywords

    • Crystal structure; Molecular structure (of herbarumin II); Asymmetric synthesis and induction; Cyclization; Metathesis (prepn. of herbarumin II from glycolate building blocks via ring closing metathesis, and diastereoselective alkylation and aldol reactions); Aldol condensation; Alkylation (stereoselective; prepn. of herbarumin II from glycolate building blocks via ring closing metathesis, and diastereoselective alkylation and aldol reactions)

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