Toward a total synthesis of macrocyclic jatrophane diterpenes - Concise route to a highly functionalized cyclopentane key intermediate

Author(s)
Johann Mulzer, Gerald Giester, Michael W. Gilbert
Abstract

A total synthesis of the biologically potent jatrophane diterpenes pepluanin A (1) and euphosalicin A (2) is being aimed at. En route to these targets, a concise synthesis of the nonracemic cyclopentane building block 74 was developed. Key steps were a Claisen - Eschenmoser rearrangement of the enantiomerically enriched allylic alcohol 14 to amide 34 (Scheme 7), a hydroxy-lactonization of 40 to 43 (Scheme 9), followed by trans-lactonization to 72, which was subjected to a Davis hydroxylation to 69 (Scheme 17). Eventually, compound 69 was converted into the enol triflate 74. This material should prove suitable for an annulation of the macrocyclic ring characteristic of the desired jatrophanes 1 and 2. Less-successful approaches are also discussed due to their intrinsically valuable information content. Œ 2005 Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta AG.

Organisation(s)
Department of Organic Chemistry, Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
University of Vienna
Journal
Helvetica Chimica Acta
Volume
88
Pages
1560-1579
No. of pages
20
ISSN
0018-019X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.200590124
Publication date
2005
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1051 Geology, Mineralogy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/1c6ddf11-814a-4737-8f16-a35037956303