Volume 39, Issue 7 pp. 1983-1996
Comprehensive Report

Protecting-Group-Free Total Synthesis of (–)-Pallambins A—D

Xiwu Zhang

Xiwu Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191 China

These authors contributed equally.

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Yuan Wang

Yuan Wang

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191 China

These authors contributed equally.

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Peng Chen

Peng Chen

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191 China

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Xinxian Cai

Xinxian Cai

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191 China

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Yanxing Jia

Corresponding Author

Yanxing Jia

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191 China

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First published: 20 March 2021
Citations: 5

Main observation and conclusion

A full account of the total synthesis of (–)-pallambins A—D (1—6) is described. The strategy was devised by simulating their biosynthetic pathway. The left-part bicyclo[3.2.1]octane system of pallambins C and D was efficiently constructed via a palladium- catalyzed oxidative cyclization. For construction of the right-part tetrahydrofuran/γ-lactone moiety (C/D rings), initial attempts to synthesize the allylic alcohol 15 for an one-step Pd-mediated alkoxycarbonylation have failed. However, during the course of this work, an unprecedented CH3Li-mediated method for conversion of bromoisoxazoline to the corresponding β-hydroxy nitrile has been discovered. Furthermore, a stepwise protocol was designed, namely an Eschenmoser-Claisen rearrangement/Lactonization to generate the C ring, and a non-classical Wittig reaction to form the D ring. During the course of this work, a palladium-catalyzed method for dehydrobromination of bromide ketone was developed. Finally, an individual transformation of pallambins C (3) and D (4) generated pallambins A (5) and B (6) under mild UV irradiation. Thus, the first enantioselective total syntheses of (–)-pallambins A—D have been achieved in 15 or 16 steps from the known chiral cyclohexenone 8. The described synthesis avoids protecting-group manipulations by designing highly chemo- and stereoselective transformations.image

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