A total synthesis of (+)-bullatacin has been accomplished via a diastereoselective [3+2] annulation reaction of the highly enantiomerically enriched allylsilane 3 and racemic aldehyde 4, which provides the key bis-tetrahydrofuran fragment 15 with ≥ 20 : 1 ds.(+)-Bullatacin (1) is one of more than 350 Annonaceous acetogenins isolated from the tropical plant family Annonaceae (Figure 1). Many members of this structurally diverse family of natural products exhibit impressive antitumor activity in human tumor cell lines. 1 The acetogenins contain a long aliphatic backbone bearing a terminal butenolide unit and one or more tetrahydrofuran rings and hydroxyl groups at internal positions of the aliphatic chain. These compounds are intriguing synthetic targets owing to the variation of stereochemistry around the tetrahydrofuran rings and at the sites bearing additional hydroxyl groups. 2, 3The [3+2]-annulation reaction of aldehydes and chiral allylsilanes is an important method for the stereocontrolled synthesis of substituted tetrahydrofurans. 4, 5 β-Silyloxy-substituted allylsilanes undergo [3+2] annulation reactions with aldehydes and certain electrophilic ketones to give either 2, 5-trans or 2, 5-cis substituted tetrahydrofurans with excellent selectivity, depending on the use of chelating or non-chelating Lewis acids, respectively. 6 We have recently utilized this methodology in a highly stereoselective total synthesis of asimicin (2). 7As part of ongoing studies focusing on the development of a stereochemically general synthesis of members of the acetogenin family, we have developed and report herein a highly stereoselective synthesis of bullatacin (1), 8 which differs from asimicin (2) at a single stereocenter (C-24). We envisaged that the bis-tetrahydrofuran core unit of bullatacin could be synthesized from sequential chelate-controlled [3+2] annulation reactions of allylsilanes 3 and 6 (Figure 2). The proposed [3+2] annulation of 3 and 4 is expected to be a stereochemically matched double asymmetric reaction under chelate-controlled conditions, by analogy with the corresponding reaction in our asimicin synthesis that proceeded with ≥20 : 1 ds. 7The erythro stereochemistry of C(23)-C(24) of aldehyde 4 requires that a syn-β-silyloxy allylsilane 6 be used in a chelate-controlled [3+2] annulation reaction with α-benzyloxy acetaldehyde (5). Initial attempts to develop an enantioselective synthesis of syn-β-silyloxy allylsilanes related to 6 focused on asymmetric allylboration reactions using (Z)-γ-dimethylphenylsilyallylboronate 7 (Scheme 1). Thus, silylcupration 9 of acetylene, addition of ‡ Address correspondence to this author at Scripps Florida, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-2, Jupiter, FL 33485; e-mail: roush@scripps.edu. A more convenient route to (racemic) syn-β-hydroxyallylsilanes 8 involves the γ-silylallylstannation of aldehydes using γ-(dimethylphenylsilyl)allylstannane 9. 12 Treatment of cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde with 9 at −78 °C in CH 2 Cl 2 in the presence of BF 3 ·...
Metal-free homoallylic oxygen-directed intramolecular hydroboration is reported. Regioselectivities from 20:1 to 82:1 favoring the 1,3-dioxy-substituted products have been achieved using Me2S·BH3/TfOH followed by standard oxidative workup. Branching at the C5 position improves regioselectivity.
We describe the synthesis and application of a new class of large Stokes shift lysosome-specific photoactivatable probes for live-cell imaging.
Natural products have served as a rich source for the discovery of new nucleic acid targeting molecules for more than half a century. However, our ability to design molecules that bind nucleic acid motifs in a sequence- and/or structure-selective manner is still in its infancy. Xylopyridine A, a naturally occurring molecule of unprecedented architecture, has been found to bind DNA by a unique mode of intercalation. Here we show that the structure proposed for xylopyridine A is not consistent with the characterization in the original isolation report and does not bind B-form DNA. Instead, we report that the originally proposed structure for xylopyridine A represents a new class of conformationally dynamic structure-selective quadruplex nucleic acid binder. The unique molecular conformation locks out nonspecific intercalative binding modes and provides a starting point for the design of a new class of structure-specific nucleic acid binder.
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