Total synthesis of peloruside A through kinetic lactonization and relay ring-closing metathesis cyclization reactions

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010 Aug 16;49(35):6151-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201002293.

Abstract

A convergent total synthesis of peloruside A (1) is described. The key strategic features are a diastereoselective lactonization to generate a C5-C9 valerolactone from the C2-symmetric ketone 4, which comprises C1–C9 of 1, and a relay ring closing metathesis (RRCM) reaction to produce a dehydrovalerolactone 20, which embodies C13–C19. A new isomer of 1, the valerolactone iso-peloruside A (iso-1), was identified.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products / chemical synthesis
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemical synthesis*
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemistry
  • Cyclization
  • Dicarboxylic Acids / chemistry
  • Kinetics
  • Lactones / chemical synthesis
  • Lactones / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Dicarboxylic Acids
  • Lactones
  • peloruside A
  • azelaic acid