Toward a Total Synthesis of the Novel Polyketide Natural Product Spiculoic Acid A

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (25) ◽  
pp. 5569-5572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goverdhan Mehta ◽  
Uday Kumar Kundu
Author(s):  
Suélen Sartori ◽  
Izabel Miranda ◽  
Davi de Matos ◽  
Markus Kohlhoff ◽  
Marisa Diaz ◽  
...  

This study describes the stereoselective synthesis of two new γ-lactones in 6 and 3 steps and 19 and 32% yield, respectively, directed toward the total synthesis of the natural product (−)-cleistenolide. The starting material was an enantiomerically pure diacetonide diol, derived from d-mannitol with the required stereocenters for (−)-cleistenolide synthesis. γ-Lactone syntheses were based on highly selective protection and deprotection of hydroxyls from d-mannitol. The formation of γ-lactone rings was the culmination of this approach, made possible by a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Z-olefination between diacetal aldehyde and ethyl 2-(bis(o-tolyloxy)phosphoryl)acetate to produce an unsaturated ester. The Z-isomer ester was highly favored in relation to the E-isomer (Z/E ratio of 94:6), allowing the formation of the γ-lactone ring under acid catalysis. This strategy precluded the use of chiral auxiliaries or catalysts for the control of stereocenters in the novel γ-lactones.


2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J. Mickel

The novel polyketide (+)-discodermolide was isolated in very small quantities from sponge extracts. This compound is one of several microtubule stabilizers showing promise as novel chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer. The clinical evaluation of this and similar compounds is hampered by lack of material, and at present, the only way to obtain the necessary quantities is total chemical synthesis.


ChemInform ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Goverdhan Mehta ◽  
Uday Kumar Kundu

2002 ◽  
Vol 43 (46) ◽  
pp. 8301-8305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goverdhan Mehta ◽  
A.Sai Krishna Murthy ◽  
Jayant D. Umarye

ChemInform ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Goverdhan Mehta ◽  
A. Sai Krishna Murthy ◽  
Jayant D. Umarye

Planta Medica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Albadry ◽  
Y Zou ◽  
Y Takahashi ◽  
A Waters ◽  
M Hossein ◽  
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