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Rivera ME, Li L, Kolisetti A, Chi N, Dai M. 9-Step synthesis of (-)-larikaempferic acid methyl ester enabled by skeletal rearrangement. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7164-7167. [PMID: 38912670 PMCID: PMC11232478 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01462f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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We report here a concise synthesis of the anti-tumor-promoting (-)-larikaempferic acid methyl ester, a novel and rearranged abietane-type diterpene natural product containing a unique tetracyclic skeleton with a trans-hydrindane, an oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, and six stereogenic centers. Our synthesis starts with the cheap and abundant abietic acid and features an oxidative C-C bond cleavage followed by a transannular aldol reaction to skeletally rearrange the 6-6-6 tricyclic carbon skeleton of abietic acid to the desired 6-5-7 tricyclic carbon skeleton and an intramolecular oxa-Michael addition to form the oxa bridge. This skeletal rearrangement strategy enabled us to synthesize (-)-larikaempferic acid methyl ester in 9 steps.
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- Mario E Rivera
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30022, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30022, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30022, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30022, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30022, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30022, USA
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Nachimuthu K, Nallasivam JL. Recent updates on vinyl cyclopropanes, aziridines and oxiranes: access to heterocyclic scaffolds. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:4212-4242. [PMID: 38738483 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00246f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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This present review delineates the repertoire of vinyl cyclopropanes and their stuctural analogues to accomplish a wide array of oxa-cycles, aza-cycles, and thia-cycles under transition metal catalysis and metal-free approaches from early 2019 to the present date. The generation of electrophilic π-allyl intermediates and 1-3/1-5-dipolarophile chemistry originating from VCPs are always green, step- and atom-economical and sustainable strategies in comparsion with prefunctionalized and/or C-H activation protocols. Here, the strained ring-system extends its applicability by relieving the strain to undergo a ring-expansion reaction to accomplish 5-9 membered carbo- and heterocyclic systems. The availability of chiral ligands in the ring-expansion reaction of VCPs and their analogues has paved the way to realizing asymmetric synthetic transformations.
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- Kiruthika Nachimuthu
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli-620 015, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli-620 015, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Huang Z, Wang X, Jin Y, Wang Z, Yu ZX. Rhodium-Catalyzed [7 + 1] Cycloaddition of Exocyclic 1,3-Dienylcyclopropanes and Carbon Monoxide. Org Lett 2023. [PMID: 38051213 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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A rhodium-catalyzed [7 + 1] reaction of exocyclic 1,3-dienylcyclopropanes and carbon monoxide has been developed to synthesize eight-membered carbocycle-embedded bicyclic and tricyclic molecules. In addition, ab initio calculations were conducted to reveal the reaction mechanism.
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- Zhiqiang Huang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Wang LN, Huang Z, Yu ZX. Synthesis of Polycyclic n/5/8 and n/5/5/5 Skeletons Using Rhodium-Catalyzed [5 + 2 + 1] Cycloaddition of Exocyclic-ene-vinylcyclopropanes and Carbon Monoxide. Org Lett 2023; 25:1732-1736. [PMID: 36881539 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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A rhodium-catalyzed [5 + 2 + 1] reaction of exocyclic-ene-vinylcyclopropanes (exo-ene-VCPs) and CO has been realized to access challenging tricyclic n/5/8 skeletons (n = 5, 6, 7), some of which are found in natural products. This reaction can be used to build tetracyclic n/5/5/5 skeletons (n = 5, 6), which are also found in natural products. In addition, 0.2 atm CO can be replaced by (CH2O)n as the CO surrogate to achieve the [5 + 2 + 1] reaction with similar efficiency.
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- Lu-Ning Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Chen SK, Hsu MT, Liu YH, Liu ST. Pentaleno[1,2- c]pyrroles: Tricyclic 5/5/5 Fused Rings. J Org Chem 2023; 88:732-738. [PMID: 36573709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A novel method for the preparation of tetrahydropentaleno[1,2-c]pyrroles (8) is described via the reaction of anilines with 1-en-4-yn-3-ols in the presence of Lewis acid. Oxidation of 8 with Br2 gave pentaleno[1,2-c]pyrroles (10), which is the first reported tricyclic 5/5/5 ring with a fully conjugated system. Structures of these obtained compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods, and compounds 8a,b and 10c were further confirmed by X-ray crystallographic determination.
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- Shu Kai Chen
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Liu J, Zhou Y, Yu ZX. Six-Step Total Synthesis of Isohirsut-4-ene through [5+2+1] Cycloaddition and Transannular Epoxide-Alkene Cyclization. Org Lett 2022; 24:1444-1447. [PMID: 35143211 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A six-step total synthesis of isohirsut-4-ene with a 5/5/5 tricyclic core has been achieved. The synthesis features a Rh(I)-catalyzed [5+2+1] cycloaddition, a Corey-Chaykovsky reaction, and a transannular epoxide-alkene cyclization that afford the skeleton of the target molecule. This three-step strategy was further utilized to synthesize more 5/5/5 tricyclic analogues with one or two bridgehead quaternary centers.
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- Jing Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Wang Y, Liao W, Wang Y, Jiao L, Yu ZX. Mechanism and Stereochemistry of Rhodium-Catalyzed [5 + 2 + 1] Cycloaddition of Ene-Vinylcyclopropanes and Carbon Monoxide Revealed by Visual Kinetic Analysis and Quantum Chemical Calculations. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:2624-2636. [PMID: 35130434 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Previously, we developed a rhodium-catalyzed [5 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition of ene-vinylcyclopropanes (ene-VCPs) and carbon monoxide to synthesize eight-membered carbocycles. The efficiency of this reaction can be appreciated from its application in the synthesis of several natural products. Herein we report the results of a 15-year investigation into the mechanism of the [5 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition by applying visual kinetic analysis and high-level quantum chemical calculations at the DLPNO-CCSD(T)//BMK level. According to the kinetic measurements, the resting state of the catalyst possesses a dimeric structure (with two rhodium centers) whereas the active catalytic species is monomeric (with one rhodium center). The catalytic cycle consists of cyclopropane cleavage (the turnover-limiting step), alkene insertion, CO insertion, reductive elimination, and catalyst transfer steps. Other reaction pathways have also been considered but then have been ruled out. The steric origin of the diastereoselectivity (cis versus trans) was revealed by comparing the alkene insertion transition states. In addition, how the double-bond configuration of the VCPs (Z versus E) affects the substrate reactivity and the origins of chemoselectivity ([5 + 2 + 1] versus [5 + 2]) were also investigated. The present study will provide assistance in understanding other carbonylative annulations catalyzed by transition metals.
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- Yi Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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