Volume 53, Issue 25 pp. 6533-6537
Communication

Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Reassignment of Mandelalide A

Honghui Lei

Honghui Lei

Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055 (China)

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Jialei Yan

Jialei Yan

Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055 (China)

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Jie Yu

Jie Yu

Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055 (China)

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Dr. Yuqing Liu

Dr. Yuqing Liu

Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

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Zhuo Wang

Zhuo Wang

Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

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Prof. Zhengshuang Xu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zhengshuang Xu

Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055 (China)

Zhengshuang Xu, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055 (China)

Tao Ye, Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

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Prof. Tao Ye

Corresponding Author

Prof. Tao Ye

Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

Zhengshuang Xu, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055 (China)

Tao Ye, Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

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First published: 18 May 2014
Citations: 79

We acknowledge financial support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (PolyU 5040/10P, PolyU 5037/11P, PolyU 5020/12P, PolyU5030/13P, and PolyU153035/14P), the Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation, the Joyce M. Kuok Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21072007, 21272011, and 21133002), and the Shenzhen Science and Technology Development Fund (JCYJ20130329175740481 and ZYC201105170351A).

Graphical Abstract

Structural revision: A revised configurational assignment for the marine macrolide mandelalide A is proposed and validated by total synthesis. This study is one of several recent examples in a growing list of investigations that correct misassigned structures of natural products by stereocontrolled total synthesis.

Abstract

The total synthesis of the tunicate metabolite mandelalide A and the correction of its originally assigned stereochemistry are reported. Key features of the convergent, fully stereocontrolled route include the use of a Prins cyclization for the diastereoselective construction of the tetrahydropyran subunit, Rychnovsky–Bartlett cyclization for the preparation of the tetrahydrofuran moiety, Suzuki coupling, Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons macrocyclization, and glycosylation to append the L-rhamnose-derived pyranoside.

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