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Lu F, Shao Y, Yan S, Yang D, Song H, Zhang D, Liu XY, Qin Y. Asymmetric Synthesis of the Functionalized A/E-Ring Fragment of C 18-Diterpenoid Alkaloids. J Org Chem 2024; 89:2807-2811. [PMID: 38324536 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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A new asymmetric synthesis of the A/E-ring fragment of C18-diterpenoid alkaloids is described. The crucial contiguous stereogenic centers at C4, C5, and C11 were established through an asymmetric Michael addition/allylation sequence. The unique azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane motif (A/E rings) was assembled by employing ring-closing metathesis and Mitsunobu reaction as key strategies.
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- Fei Lu
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Wright BA, Regni A, Chaisan N, Sarpong R. Navigating Excess Complexity: Total Synthesis of Daphenylline. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1813-1818. [PMID: 38207289 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Retrosynthetic analysis is a framework for designing synthetic routes to complex molecules that generally prioritizes disconnections which reduce molecular complexity. However, strict adherence to this principle can overlook pathways involving highly complex intermediates that can be easily prepared through powerful bond-forming transformations. Herein, we demonstrate this tactic of generating excess complexity, followed by strategic bond-cleavage, as a highly effective approach for the 11-step total synthesis of the Daphniphyllum alkaloid daphenylline. To implement this strategy, we accessed a bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane core through a dearomative Buchner cycloaddition, which enabled construction of the seven-membered ring after C-C bond cleavage. Installation of the synthetically challenging quaternary stereocenter methyl group was achieved through a thia-Paternò-Büchi [2 + 2] photocycloaddition followed by stereospecific thietane reduction, further illustrating how building excess complexity can enable desired synthetic outcomes after strategic bond-breaking events. This strategy leveraging bond cleavage transformations should serve as a complement to traditional bond-forming, complexity-generating synthetic strategies.
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- Brandon A Wright
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Li C, Lu F, Cai Y, Zhang C, Shao Y, Zhang Y, Liu XY, Qin Y. Catalytic Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Garryine via an Enantioselective Heck Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1081-1088. [PMID: 38113465 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The first asymmetric total synthesis of the hexacyclic veatchine-type C20-diterpenoid alkaloid (-)-garryine is presented. Key steps include a Pd-catalyzed enantioselective Heck reaction, a radical cyclization, and a photoinduced C-H activation/oxazolidine formation sequence. Of note, a highly enantioselective Heck reaction developed in this work provides efficient access to 6/6/6 tricyclic compounds, in particular, containing a C19-functionalitiy, which is useful for diverse transformations.
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- Chuang Li
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Fay N, Kouklovsky C, de la Torre A. Natural Product Synthesis: The Endless Quest for Unreachable Perfection. ACS ORGANIC & INORGANIC AU 2023; 3:350-363. [PMID: 38075446 PMCID: PMC10704578 DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Total synthesis is a field in constant progress. Its practitioners aim to develop ideal synthetic strategies to build complex molecules. As such, they are both a driving force and a showcase of the progress of organic synthesis. In this Perspective, we discuss recent notable total syntheses. The syntheses selected herein are classified according to the key strategic considerations for each approach.
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- Nicolas Fay
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 17 Avenue des Sciences, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 17 Avenue des Sciences, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 17 Avenue des Sciences, 91405 Orsay, France
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Bakanas I, Lusi RF, Wiesler S, Hayward Cooke J, Sarpong R. Strategic application of C-H oxidation in natural product total synthesis. Nat Rev Chem 2023; 7:783-799. [PMID: 37730908 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00534-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The oxidation of unactivated C-H bonds has emerged as an effective tactic in natural product synthesis and has altered how chemists approach the synthesis of complex molecules. The use of C-H oxidation methods has simplified the process of synthesis planning by expanding the choice of starting materials, limiting functional group interconversion and protecting group manipulations, and enabling late-stage diversification. In this Review, we propose classifications for C-H oxidations on the basis of their strategic purpose: type 1, which installs functionality that is used to establish the carbon skeleton of the target; type 2, which is used to construct a heterocyclic ring; and type 3, which installs peripheral functional groups. The reactions are further divided based on whether they are directed or undirected. For each classification, examples from recent literature are analysed. Finally, we provide two case studies of syntheses from our laboratory that were streamlined by the judicious use of C-H oxidation reactions.
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- Ian Bakanas
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Sennari G, Gardner KE, Wiesler S, Haider M, Eggert A, Sarpong R. Unified Total Syntheses of Benzenoid Cephalotane-Type Norditerpenoids: Cephanolides and Ceforalides. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:19173-19185. [PMID: 36198090 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Detailed herein are our synthetic studies toward the preparation of the C18- and C19-benzenoid cephalotane-type norditerpenoids. Guided by chemical network analysis, the core structure of this natural product family was constructed in a concise manner using an iterative cross-coupling, followed by a formal inverse-electron-demand [4 + 2] cycloaddition. Initial efforts to functionalize an alkene group in the [4 + 2] cycloadduct using a Mukaiyama hydration and a subsequent olefination led to the complete C18-carbon framework. While effective, this approach proved lengthy and prompted the development of a direct alkene difunctionalization that relies on borocupration to advance the cycloadduct to the natural products. Late-stage peripheral C-H functionalization facilitated access to all of the known cephanolides in 6-10 steps as well as five recently isolated ceforalides in 8-13 steps.
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- Goh Sennari
- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Jin S, Zhao X, Ma D. Divergent Total Syntheses of Napelline-Type C20-Diterpenoid Alkaloids: (-)-Napelline, (+)-Dehydronapelline, (-)-Songorine, (-)-Songoramine, (-)-Acoapetaldine D, and (-)-Liangshanone. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:15355-15362. [PMID: 35948501 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The napelline-type alkaloids possess an azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane moiety and an ent-kaurane-type tetracyclic skeleton (6/6/6/5) along with varied oxidation patterns embedded in the compact hexacyclic framework. Herein, we disclose a divergent entry to napelline-type alkaloids that hinges on convergent assembly of the ent-kaurane core using a diastereoselective intermolecular Cu-mediated conjugate addition and subsequent intramolecular Michael addition reaction as well as rapid construction of the azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane motif via an intramolecular Mannich cyclization. The power of this strategy has been demonstrated through efficient asymmetric total syntheses of eight napelline-type alkaloids, including (-)-napelline, (-)-12-epi-napelline, (+)-dehydronapelline, (+)-12-epi-dehydronapelline, (-)-songorine, (-)-songoramine, (-)-acoapetaldine D, and (-)-liangshanone.
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- Shicheng Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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Zeng M, Xue Y, Qin Y, Peng F, Li Q, Zeng MH. CuBr-promoted domino Biginelli reaction for the diastereoselective synthesis of bridged polyheterocycles: mechanism studies and in vitro anti-tumor activities. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Liu XY, Ke BW, Qin Y, Wang FP. The diterpenoid alkaloids. THE ALKALOIDS. CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY 2022; 87:1-360. [PMID: 35168778 DOI: 10.1016/bs.alkal.2021.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The diterpenoid alkaloids are a family of extremely important natural products that have long been a research hotspot due to their myriad of intricate structures and diverse biological properties. This chapter systematically summarizes the past 11 years (2009-2019) of studies on the diterpenoid alkaloids, including the "so-called" atypical ones, covering the classification and biogenetic relationships, phytochemistry together with 444 new alkaloids covering 32 novel skeletons and the corrected structures, chemical reactions including conversion toward toxoids, synthetic studies, as well as biological activities. It should be noted that the synthetic studies, especially the total syntheses of various diterpenoid alkaloids, are for the first time reviewed in this treatise. This chapter, in combination with our four previous reviews in volumes 42, 59, 67, and 69, will present to the readers a more completed and updated profile of the diterpenoid alkaloids.
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- Xiao-Yu Liu
- Department of Chemistry of Medicinal Natural Products, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Chemistry of Medicinal Natural Products, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Department of Chemistry of Medicinal Natural Products, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Total synthesis of nine longiborneol sesquiterpenoids using a functionalized camphor strategy. Nat Chem 2022; 14:450-456. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00870-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Belen’kii LI, Gazieva GA, Evdokimenkova YB, Soboleva NO. The literature of heterocyclic chemistry, Part XX, 2020. ADVANCES IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aihch.2022.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Yu K, Yao F, Zeng Q, Xie H, Ding H. Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (+)-Davisinol and (+)-18-Benzoyldavisinol: A HAT-Initiated Transannular Redox Radical Approach. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:10576-10581. [PMID: 34240855 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The first and asymmetric total syntheses of two C11-oxygenated hetisine-type diterpenoid alkaloids, namely, (+)-davisinol and (+)-18-benzoyldavisinol, is described. The concise synthetic approach features a HAT-initiated transannular redox radical cyclization, an ODI-Diels-Alder cycloaddition, and an acylative kinetic resolution. By incorporating an efficient late-stage assembly of the azabicycle, our strategy would streamline the synthetic design of C20-diterpenoid alkaloids and pave the way for their modular syntheses.
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- Kuan Yu
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.,State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Zhang Q, Yang Z, Wang Q, Liu S, Zhou T, Zhao Y, Zhang M. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Hetidine-Type C 20-Diterpenoid Alkaloids: (+)-Talassimidine and (+)-Talassamine. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:7088-7095. [PMID: 33938219 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Here, we report the first asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-talassimidine and (+)-talassamine, two hetidine-type C20-diterpenoid alkaloids. A highly regio- and diastereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of an azomethine ylide yielded a chiral tetracyclic intermediate in high enantiopurity, thus providing the structural basis for asymmetric assembly of the hexacyclic hetidine skeleton. In this key step, the introduction of a single chiral center induces four new continuous chiral centers. Another key transformation is the dearomative cyclopropanation of the benzene ring and subsequent SN2-like ring opening of the resultant cyclopropane ring with water as a nucleophile, which not only establishes the B ring but also precisely installs the difficult-to-achieve equatorial C7-OH group.
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- Quanzheng Zhang
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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Liu XY, Wang FP, Qin Y. Synthesis of Three-Dimensionally Fascinating Diterpenoid Alkaloids and Related Diterpenes. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:22-34. [PMID: 33351595 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Three-dimensional cage-like natural products represent astounding and long-term challenges in the research endeavors of total synthesis. A central issue that synthetic chemists need to address lies in how to efficiently construct the polycyclic frameworks as well as to install the requisite substituent groups. The diterpenoid alkaloids that biogenetically originate from amination of diterpenes and diversify through late-stage skeletal reorganization belong to such a natural product category. As the characteristic components of the Aconitum and Delphinium species, these molecules display a rich array of biological activities, some of which are used as clinical drugs. More strikingly, their intricate and beautiful architectures have rendered the diterpenoid alkaloids elusive targets in the synthetic community. The successful preparation of these intriguing compounds relies on the development of innovative synthetic strategies.Our laboratory has explored the total synthesis of a variety of diterpenoid alkaloids and their biogenetically related diterpenes over the past decade. In doing so, we have accessed 6 different types of skeletons (atisine-, denudatine-, arcutane-, arcutine-, napelline-, and hetidine-type) and achieved the total synthesis of 6 natural products (isoazitine, dihydroajaconine, gymnandine, atropurpuran, arcutinine, and liangshanone). Strategically, an oxidative dearomatization/Diels-Alder (OD/DA) cycloaddition sequence was widely employed in our synthesis to form the ubiquitous [2.2.2]-bicyclic ring unit and its related ring-distorted derivatives in these complex target molecules. This protocol, in combination with additional bond-forming key steps, allowed us to prepare the corresponding polycyclic alkaloids and a biogenetically associated diterpene. For example, bioinspired C-H activation, aza-pinacol, and aza-Prins cyclizations were used toward a unified approach to the atisine-, denudatine-, and hetidine-type alkaloids via ajaconine intermediates in our first work. To pursue the synthesis of atropurpuran and related arcutine alkaloids, we harnessed a ketyl-olefin radical cyclization to assemble the carbocycle and an aza-Wacker cyclization to construct the unusual pyrrolidine ring. Furthermore, a one-pot alkene cleavage/Mannich cyclization tactic, sequential Robinson annulation, and intramolecular aldol addition were developed, which facilitated the formation of the napelline alkaloid scaffold and the first total synthesis of liangshanone. Finally, the utility of the Mannich cyclization and enyne cycloisomerization reactions allowed for access to the highly functionalized A/E and C/D ring fragments of aconitine (regarded as the "Holy Grail" of diterpenoid alkaloids). This Account provides insight into our synthetic designs and approaches used toward the synthesis of diterpenoid alkaloids and relevant diterpenes. These endeavors lay a foundation for uncovering the biological profiles of associated molecules and also serve as a reference for preparing other three-dimensionally fascinating natural products.
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- Xiao-Yu Liu
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug, and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug, and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug, and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Williams CM, Dallaston MA. The Future of Retrosynthesis and Synthetic Planning: Algorithmic, Humanistic or the Interplay? Aust J Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1071/ch20371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The practice of deploying and teaching retrosynthesis is on the cusp of considerable change, which in turn forces practitioners and educators to contemplate whether this impending change will advance or erode the efficiency and elegance of organic synthesis in the future. A short treatise is presented herein that covers the concept of retrosynthesis, along with exemplified methods and theories, and an attempt to comprehend the impact of artificial intelligence in an era when freely and commercially available retrosynthetic and forward synthesis planning programs are increasingly prevalent. Will the computer ever compete with human retrosynthetic design and the art of organic synthesis?
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Huang H, Mi F, Li C, He H, Wang F, Liu X, Qin Y. Total Synthesis of Liangshanone. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hong‐Xiu Huang
- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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Huang H, Mi F, Li C, He H, Wang F, Liu X, Qin Y. Total Synthesis of Liangshanone. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:23609-23614. [PMID: 32902096 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Hong‐Xiu Huang
- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drugs and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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Xu Z, Zong Y, Qiao Y, Zhang J, Liu X, Zhu M, Xu Y, Zheng H, Fang L, Wang X, Lou H. Divergent Total Synthesis of Euphoranginol C, Euphoranginone D,
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‐16α‐Hydroxy‐atisane‐3‐one. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Ze‐Jun Xu
- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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Xu Z, Zong Y, Qiao Y, Zhang J, Liu X, Zhu M, Xu Y, Zheng H, Fang L, Wang X, Lou H. Divergent Total Synthesis of Euphoranginol C, Euphoranginone D,
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‐16α‐Hydroxy‐atisane‐3‐one. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:19919-19923. [PMID: 32696611 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Ze‐Jun Xu
- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University No. 44 West Wenhua Road Jinan 250012 P. R. China
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Doering NA, Sarpong R, Hoffmann RW. A Case for Bond-Network Analysis in the Synthesis of Bridged Polycyclic Complex Molecules: Hetidine and Hetisine Diterpenoid Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:10722-10731. [PMID: 31808282 PMCID: PMC7317470 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A key challenge in the synthesis of diterpenoid alkaloids lies in identifying strategies that rapidly construct their multiply bridged polycyclic skeletons. Existing approaches to these structurally intricate secondary metabolites are discussed in the context of a "bond-network analysis" of molecular frameworks, which was originally devised by Corey some 40 years ago. The retrosynthesis plans that emerge from a topological analysis of the highly bridged frameworks of the diterpenoid alkaloids are discussed in the context of eight recent syntheses of hetidine and hetisine natural products and their derivatives. This Minireview highlights the extent to which network analyses of the type described here sufficed for designing synthesis plans, as well as areas where they had to be amalgamated with functional group oriented synthetic planning considerations.
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- Nicolle A. Doering
- Latimer HallDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyCA94720USA
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- Latimer HallDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyCA94720USA
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McCowen SV, Doering NA, Sarpong R. Retrosynthetic strategies and their impact on synthesis of arcutane natural products. Chem Sci 2020; 11:7538-7552. [PMID: 33552460 PMCID: PMC7860588 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01441a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Decisions, decisions, decisions: the interplay between different retrosynthetic strategies in the synthesis of the highly bridged, polycyclic arcutane natural products.
Retrosynthetic analysis is a cornerstone of modern natural product synthesis, providing an array of tools for disconnecting structures. However, discussion of retrosynthesis is often limited to the reactions used to form selected bonds in the forward synthesis. This review details three strategies for retrosynthesis, focusing on how they can be combined to plan the synthesis of polycyclic natural products, such as atropurpuran and the related arcutane alkaloids. Recent syntheses of natural products containing the arcutane framework showcase how these strategies for retrosynthesis can be combined to plan the total synthesis of highly caged scaffolds. Comparison of multiple syntheses of the same target provides a unique opportunity for detailed analysis of the impact of retrosynthetic disconnections on synthesis outcomes.
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- Shelby V McCowen
- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
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