Fiorito D, Keskin S, Bateman JM, George M, Noble A, Aggarwal VK. Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of Bastimolide B Using Iterative Homologation of Boronic Esters.
J Am Chem Soc 2022;
144:7995-8001. [PMID:
35499478 PMCID:
PMC9100475 DOI:
10.1021/jacs.2c03192]
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Abstract
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Bastimolide B is
a polyhydroxy macrolide isolated from marine cyanobacteria
displaying antimalarial activity. It features a dense array of hydroxylated
stereogenic centers with 1,5-relationships along a hydrocarbon chain.
These 1,5-polyols represent a particularly challenging motif for synthesis,
as the remote position of the stereocenters hampers stereocontrol.
Herein, we present a strategy for 1,5-polyol stereocontrolled synthesis
based on iterative boronic ester homologation with enantiopure magnesium
carbenoids. By merging boronic ester homologation and transition-metal-catalyzed
alkene hydroboration and diboration, the acyclic backbone of bastimolide
B was rapidly assembled from readily available building blocks with
full control over the remote stereocenters, enabling the total synthesis
to be completed in 16 steps (LLS).
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