ContentsI. Introduction 475 A. Structural Description 476 B. Biosynthesis 480 C. Biological Activity 481 D. Problems for Synthesis 483 II. Strategies and Results 483 A.
The synthesis of dihydropyrroles, pyrroles, and indoles through
[3-atom + 2-atom] combination of
ethyl or aryl tosylamide anions with phenyl(propynyl)iodonium
triflate, and the base-mediated
intramolecular bicyclization of alkynyliodonium-bearing tosylamide or
tosylimide substrates to
furnish bicyclic and tricyclic tosylenamide (-enimide) products, is
described. A detailed discussion
of the scope, limitations, byproduct formation, and the basis for
observed diastereoselectivity is
presented.
The biomimetic synthesis of pedunculagin (1) was accomplished through the sequential diastereoselective formation of two biphenyl C-C bonds. The synthesis strategy employed is predicated on extensive conformational modeling and involves initial oxidative coupling of the galloyl moieties at the O(2) and O(3) positions of an appropriately protected glucose-derived core, followed by installation and oxidative coupling of galloyl esters at the O(4) and O(6) positions.
Orthochloranil-mediated oxidation of galloyl monoethers furnishes the derived orthoquinones in excellent yield. These reactive electrophiles participate in a variety of nucleophilic addition reactions with heteroatomic and carbanionic partners. In addition, Lewis acid-mediated dimerization of the orthoquinones provides an efficient route to dehydrodigalloyl-type diaryl ether units characteristic of several ellagitannin natural products. The implications for ellagitannin biosynthesis and gallotannin-protein covalent attachment are discussed.
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