Three syntheses of the architecturally complex, cytotoxic marine macrolide (+)-spongistatin 1 (1) are reported. Highlights of the first-generation synthesis include: use of a dithiane multicomponent linchpin coupling tactic for construction of the AB and CD spiroketals, and their union via a highly selective Evans boron-mediated aldol reaction en route to an ABCD aldehyde; introduction of the C(44)–C(51) side chain via a Lewis acid-mediated ring opening of a glucal epoxide with an allylstannane to assemble the EF subunit; and final fragment union via Wittig coupling of the ABCD and EF subunits to form the C(28)–C(29) olefin, followed by regioselective Yamaguchi macrolactonization and global deprotection. The second- and third- generation syntheses, designed with the goal of accessing one gram of (+)-spongistatin 1 (1), maintain both the first-generation strategy for the ABCD aldehyde and final fragment union, while incorporating two more efficient approaches for construction of the EF Wittig salt. The latter combine the original chelation-controlled dithiane union of the E- and F-ring progenitors with application of a highly efficient cyanohydrin alkylation to append the F-ring side chain, in conjunction with two independent tactics to access the F-ring pyran. The first F-ring synthesis showcases a Petasis-Ferrier union/rearrangement protocol to access tetrahydropyrans, permitting the preparation of 750 mgs of the EF Wittig salt, which in turn was converted to 80 mg of (+)-spongistatin 1, while the second F-ring strategy, incorporates an organocatalytic aldol reaction as the key construct, permitting completion of 1.009 g of totally synthetic (+)-spongistatin 1 (1). A brief analysis of the three syntheses alongside our earlier synthesis of (+)-spongistatin 2 is also presented.

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[reaction: see text] A short, efficient, and stereocontrolled synthesis of (-)-4, an advanced ABCD subunit of the spongistatins, has been achieved. Central to the synthetic strategy is the multicomponent linchpin union of silyl dithianes with epoxides to access both the AB and CD fragments. Fragment coupling was then achieved via an efficient stereoselective aldol reaction. The linear sequence required 22 steps and proceeded in 4.0% overall yield.

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The concanamycin group of macrolides, first isolated from a culture of Streptomyces diastatochromogenes Sp. S45 by Kinashi and co-workers and typified by concanamycin A (1, Figure 1) [1a±d] and its aglycone, concanamycin F 2), [1e,f] exhibit potent inhibition of vacuolar (H ) ATPase activity. [2] The of a variety of sluggishly reactive and/or sparsely soluble hypervalent iodine reagents in water under neutral conditions. Further studies on the application of this system are now in progress. Experimental SectionMethod A (for primary alcohols): PhIO (0.44 mmol; Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) was added at room temperature to a stirred mixture of 1 (0.20 mmol) and KBr (0.04 mmol) in water (1.0 mL), and the mixture was stirred for 2 h. The resulting mixture was extracted with AcOEt, washed with brine, dried over Na 2 SO 4 , evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by column chromatography (EtOAc/n-hexane) to give pure 2. Intermolecular esterification through nucleophilic attack on the initially formed aldehyde also proceeds under the conditions of Method B.Method B (for secondary alcohols): Water (2.0 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of 1 (0.2 mmol), PhIO (0.22 mmol), and KBr (0.2 mmol). The mixture was stirred or sonicated for several hours while checking the reaction progress by gas or thin-layer chromatography. After completion, n-hexane was added to the mixture, and then filtered. Evaporation of the solvent under vacuum afforded a crude product that was further purified by column chromatography (Et 2 O/n-hexane) to give pure 2.Method C (for the oxidation with PSDIB): PSDIB (22 mmol), used without any pretreatment, was added at room temperature to a stirred suspension of 1 (20 mmol) and KBr (14 mmol) in water (40 mL), and the mixture was then sonicated for several hours. The resulting mixture was filtered and the residue containing 2 was washed with water to remove KBr, then extracted with n-hexane or MeOH, and the filtrate was evaporated to give 2. The product was purified by column chromatography, when necessary.