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Peng C, Guo Q, Xu GX, Huo L, Wu W, Chen TY, Hong X, Hu P. Divergent Synthesis of Scabrolide A and Havellockate via an exo- exo- endo Radical Cascade. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:14422-14426. [PMID: 38709624 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
Here we report a concise and divergent synthesis of scabrolide A and havellockate, representative members of polycyclic marine natural product furano(nor)cembranoids. The synthesis features a highly efficient exo-exo-endo radical cascade. Through the generation of two rings, three C-C bonds, and three contiguous stereocenters in one step, this remarkable transformation not only assembles the bowl-shaped, common 6-5-5 fused ring system from simple building blocks but also precisely installs the functionalities at desired positions and sets the stage for further divergent preparation of both target molecules. Further studies reveal that the robust and unusual 6-endo radical addition in the cascade is likely facilitated by the rigidity of the substrate.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chen Peng
- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030, China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030, China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310030, China
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Feng Z, Guo W, Kong WY, Chen D, Wang S, Tantillo DJ. Analogies between photochemical reactions and ground-state post-transition-state bifurcations shed light on dynamical origins of selectivity. Nat Chem 2024; 16:615-623. [PMID: 38216753 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01410-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
Abstract
Revealing the origins of kinetic selectivity is one of the premier tasks of applied theoretical organic chemistry, and for many reactions, doing so involves comparing competing transition states. For some reactions, however, a single transition state leads directly to multiple products, in which case non-statistical dynamic effects influence selectivity control. The selectivity of photochemical reactions-where crossing between excited-state and ground-state surfaces occurs near ground-state transition structures that interconvert competing products-also should be controlled by the momentum of the reacting molecules as they return to the ground state in addition to the shape of the potential energy surfaces involved. Now, using machine-learning-assisted non-adiabatic molecular dynamics and multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory, these factors are examined for a classic photochemical reaction-the deazetization of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene-for which we demonstrate that momentum dominates the selectivity for hexadiene versus [2.2.2] bicyclohexane products.
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- Zhitao Feng
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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