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Wright BA, Sarpong R. Molecular complexity as a driving force for the advancement of organic synthesis. Nat Rev Chem 2024:10.1038/s41570-024-00645-8. [PMID: 39251714 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-024-00645-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/11/2024]
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The generation of molecular complexity is a primary goal in the field of synthetic chemistry. In the context of retrosynthetic analysis, the concept of molecular complexity is central to identifying productive disconnections and the development of efficient total syntheses. However, this field-defining concept is frequently invoked on an intuitive basis without precise definition or appreciation of its subtleties. Methods for quantifying molecular complexity could prove useful for characterizing the state of synthesis in a more rigorous, reliable and reproducible fashion. As a first step to evaluating the importance of these methods to the state of the field, here we present our perspective on the development of molecular complexity quantification and its implications for chemical synthesis. The extension and application of these methods beyond computer-aided synthesis planning and medicinal chemistry to the traditional practice of 'complex molecule' synthesis could have the potential to unearth new opportunities and more efficient approaches for synthesis.
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- Brandon A Wright
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
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Yu F, Xu L. A concise and stereoselective synthesis of the BCDF tetracyclic ring system of C 19-diterpenoid alkaloids. RSC Adv 2024; 14:21102-21106. [PMID: 38966809 PMCID: PMC11223105 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra02821j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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A new synthetic route for the BCDF tetracyclic ring system of C19-diterpenoid alkaloids (C19-DTAs) has been developed. The key step is a Pd-catalyzed transannular alkenylation that installs a functionalized bridged F ring. The overall strategy is concise and stereoselective, and it provides a valuable new tool for the synthesis of C19-DTAs. The synthesis begins with a bridged [3.2.1] ring system, which is converted to a key intermediate through a series of highly regio- and stereoselective processes. The introduction of an allylic side chain with high precision is accomplished, culminating in a Pd-catalyzed transannular alkenylation that installs a functionalized bridged F ring to yield the BCDF tetracyclic analog of C19-DTAs.
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- Fangzhou Yu
- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Ministry of Education, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery Systems of the Ministry of Education, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 P. R. China
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Pocock IA, Doulcet J, Rice CR, Sweeney JB, Gill DM. Stereocontrolled synthesis of the aconitine D ring from D-glucose. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:4347-4352. [PMID: 38726909 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00561a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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The synthesis of a fully oxygenated aconitine D ring precursor from (D)-(+)-glucose is described. The route features a highly diastereoselective alkynyl Grignard ketone addition and a base-mediated enelactone to 1,3-diketone rearrangement.
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- Ian A Pocock
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK
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Wiesler S, Sennari G, Popescu MV, Gardner KE, Aida K, Paton RS, Sarpong R. Late-stage benzenoid-to-troponoid skeletal modification of the cephalotanes exemplified by the total synthesis of harringtonolide. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4125. [PMID: 38750061 PMCID: PMC11096412 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48586-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Skeletal modifications enable elegant and rapid access to various derivatives of a compound that would otherwise be difficult to prepare. They are therefore a powerful tool, especially in the synthesis of natural products or drug discovery, to explore different natural products or to improve the properties of a drug candidate starting from a common intermediate. Inspired by the biosynthesis of the cephalotane natural products, we report here a single-atom insertion into the framework of the benzenoid subfamily, providing access to the troponoid congeners - representing the reverse of the proposed biosynthesis (i.e., a contra-biosynthesis approach). Computational evaluation of our designed transformation prompted us to investigate a Büchner-Curtius-Schlotterbeck reaction of a p-quinol methylether, which ultimately results in the synthesis of harringtonolide in two steps from cephanolide A, which we had previously prepared. Additional computational studies reveal that unconventional selectivity outcomes are driven by the choice of a Lewis acid and the nucleophile, which should inform further developments of these types of reactions.
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- Stefan Wiesler
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Ōmura Satoshi Memorial Institute and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
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Yang ZN, Rao H, Yin Y, Mu S, Jia Z, Ding H. Forging the Tetracyclic Core Framework of Rhodomolleins XIV and XLII: A Ring-Distortion Approach. Org Lett 2024; 26:3524-3529. [PMID: 38656200 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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A ring distortion approach for the synthesis of an advanced intermediate en route to rhodomolleins XIV and XLII was described, which led to successful construction of the 5/8/5/5 tetracyclic core framework of the kalmane diterpenoids. Key steps of the strategy include an oxidative dearomatization-induced (ODI)-Diels-Alder cycloaddition, a Dowd-Beckwith rearrangement, and a bioinspired Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement.
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- Zhen-Ning Yang
- 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 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
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Ren J, Ding SH, Li XN, Zhao QS. Unified Strategy Enables the Collective Syntheses of Structurally Diverse Indole Alkaloids. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7616-7627. [PMID: 38446772 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Natural products and their analogues are significant sources of therapeutic lead compounds. However, synthetic strategies for generating large collections of these molecules remain a significant challenge. The most difficult step in their synthesis is the design of a common intermediate that can be easily transformed into natural products belonging to different families. This study demonstrates the evolution of synthetic tactics designed to assemble the functionalized piperidines present in indole alkaloids from a common intermediate. More importantly, we also report a previously unknown Ir- and Er-catalyzed dehydrogenative spirocyclization reaction that enables direct access to spirocyclic oxindole alkaloids. As a practical application, the asymmetric total syntheses of 29 natural alkaloids belonging to different families were accomplished by following a uniform synthetic route. The proposed methodology extends the capability of the iridium-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling reaction to the realm of indole-alkaloid synthesis and provides new opportunities for the efficient preparation of natural product-like molecules.
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- Jian Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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Zhang Z, Qian X, Gu Y, Gui J. Controllable skeletal reorganizations in natural product synthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2024; 41:251-272. [PMID: 38291905 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00066d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Covering: 2016 to 2023The synthetic chemistry community is always in pursuit of efficient routes to natural products. Among the many available general strategies, skeletal reorganization, which involves the formation, cleavage, and migration of C-C and C-heteroatom bonds, stands out as a particularly useful approach for the efficient assembly of molecular skeletons. In addition, it allows for late-stage modification of natural products for quick access to other family members or unnatural derivatives. This review summarizes efficient syntheses of steroid, terpenoid, and alkaloid natural products that have been achieved by means of this strategy in the past eight years. Our goal is to illustrate the strategy's potency and reveal the spectacular human ingenuity demonstrated in its use and development.
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- Zeliang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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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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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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Xu Z, Li X, Rose JA, Herzon SB. Finding activity through rigidity: syntheses of natural products containing tricyclic bridgehead carbon centers. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:1393-1431. [PMID: 37140079 PMCID: PMC10472132 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00008g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Covering: up to 2022Tricyclic bridgehead carbon centers (TBCCs) are a synthetically challenging substructure found in many complex natural products. Here we review the syntheses of ten representative families of TBCC-containing isolates, with the goal of outlining the strategies and tactics used to install these centers, including a discussion of the evolution of the successful synthetic design. We provide a summary of common strategies to inform future synthetic endeavors.
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- Zhi Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA.
- Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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Kong L, Yu H, Deng M, Wu F, Chen SC, Luo T. Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Grayanane Diterpenoids and (+)-Kalmanol: Evolution of the Bridgehead Carbocation-Based Cyclization and Late-Stage Functional Group Manipulation Strategies. J Org Chem 2023; 88:6017-6038. [PMID: 37094797 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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Grayanane diterpenoids contain over 300 highly oxidized and structurally complex members, many of which possess important biological activities. Full details are provided for the development of the concise, enantioselective and divergent total syntheses of grayanane diterpenoids and (+)-kalmanol. The unique 7-endo-trig cyclization based on a bridgehead carbocation was designed and implemented to construct the 5/7/6/5 tetracyclic skeleton, demonstrating the practical value of the bridgehead carbocation-based cyclization strategy. Extensive studies of late-stage functional group manipulation were performed to forge the C1 stereogenic center, during which a photoexcited intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer reaction was discovered and the mechanism was further studied through density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The biomimetic 1,2-rearrangement from the grayanoid skeleton provided a 5/8/5/5 tetracyclic framework and resulted in the first total synthesis of (+)-kalmanol.
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- Lingran Kong
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Ji J, Chen J, Qin S, Li W, Zhao J, Li G, Song H, Liu XY, Qin Y. Total Synthesis of Vilmoraconitine. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3903-3908. [PMID: 36779887 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Vilmoraconitine belongs to one of the most complex skeleton types in the C19-diterpenoid alkaloids, which architecturally features an unprecedented heptacyclic core possessing a rigid cyclopropane unit. Here, we report the first total synthesis of vilmoraconitine relying on strategic use of efficient ring-forming reactions. Key steps include an oxidative dearomatization-induced Diels-Alder cycloaddition, a hydrodealkenylative fragmentation/Mannich sequence, and an intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition.
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- Jiujian Ji
- 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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- 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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Lin Y, Zhang R, Wang D, Cernak T. Computer-aided key step generation in alkaloid total synthesis. Science 2023; 379:453-457. [PMID: 36730413 DOI: 10.1126/science.ade8459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Efficient chemical synthesis is critical to satisfying future demands for medicines, materials, and agrochemicals. Retrosynthetic analysis of modestly complex molecules has been automated over the course of decades, but the combinatorial explosion of route possibilities has challenged computer hardware and software until only recently. Here, we explore a computational strategy that merges computer-aided synthesis planning with molecular graph editing to minimize the number of synthetic steps required to produce alkaloids. Our study culminated in an enantioselective three-step synthesis of (-)-stemoamide by leveraging high-impact key steps, which could be identified in computer-generated retrosynthesis plans using graph edit distances.
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- Yingfu Lin
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Joshi PB. Navigating with chemometrics and machine learning in chemistry. Artif Intell Rev 2023; 56:1-26. [PMID: 36714038 PMCID: PMC9870782 DOI: 10.1007/s10462-023-10391-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Chemometrics and machine learning are artificial intelligence-based methods stirring a transformative change in chemistry. Organic synthesis, drug discovery and analytical techniques are incorporating machine learning techniques at an accelerated pace. However, machine-assisted chemistry faces challenges while solving critical problems in chemistry due to complex relationships in data sets. Even with increasing publishing volumes on machine learning, its application in areas of chemistry is not a straightforward endeavour. A particular concern in applying machine learning in chemistry is data availability and reproducibility. The present review article discusses the various chemometric methods, expert systems, and machine learning techniques developed for solving problems of organic synthesis and drug discovery with selected examples. Further, a concise discussion on chemometrics and ML deployed in analytical techniques such as, spectroscopy, microscopy and chromatography are presented. Finally, the review reflects the challenges, opportunities and future perspectives on machine learning and automation in chemistry. The review concludes by pondering on some tough questions on applying machine learning and their possibility of navigation in the different terrains of chemistry.
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- Payal B. Joshi
- Operations and Method Development, Shefali Research Laboratories, Ambernath (East), Thane, Maharashtra 421501 India
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Shimakawa T, Nakamura S, Asai H, Hagiwara K, Inoue M. Total Synthesis of Puberuline C. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:600-609. [PMID: 36538394 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Puberuline C (1) is an architecturally complex C19-diterpenoid alkaloid with a unique ring fusion pattern. The 6/7/5/6/6/6-membered rings (ABCDEF-rings) contain one tertiary amine and six oxygen functionalities, and possess 12 contiguously aligned stereocenters, three of which are quaternary. These structural features of 1 make its chemical construction exceptionally challenging. Here, we disclose the first total synthesis of 1. The synthesis was accomplished from 2-cyclohexenone (9) by integrating radical cascade and Mukaiyama aldol reactions as the key transformations. A double Mannich reaction fused the A- and E-rings, and Sonogashira coupling attached the C-ring, efficiently leading to ACE-rings with the requisite 19 carbons of 1. The chemically stable tertiary chloride of the ACE-ring structure was then transformed to the corresponding bridgehead radical, which participated in the simultaneous cyclization of the B- and F-rings via a highly organized radical cascade process. This unusual step installed five contiguous stereocenters, including two quaternary carbons, without damaging the preexisting multiple polar functionalities. Subsequently, the intramolecular Mukaiyama aldol reaction between silyl enol ether and acetal was realized by applying a combination of SnCl4 and ZnCl2, forging the last remaining D-ring of the hexacycle. Finally, 3 was elaborated into 1 through regio- and stereoselective functionalizations of the BCD-rings. Our novel radical-based strategy achieved the total synthesis of 1 in 32 total steps from simple 9, demonstrating the power of the radical cascade reaction to streamline the assembly of highly complex molecules.
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- Tsukasa Shimakawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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Covering: 2011 to 2022The natural world is a prolific source of some of the most interesting, rare, and complex molecules known, harnessing sophisticated biosynthetic machinery evolved over billions of years for their production. Many of these natural products represent high-value targets of total synthesis, either for their desirable biological activities or for their beautiful structures outright; yet, the high sp3-character often present in nature's molecules imparts significant topological complexity that pushes the limits of contemporary synthetic technology. Dearomatization is a foundational strategy for generating such intricacy from simple materials that has undergone considerable maturation in recent years. This review highlights the recent achievements in the field of dearomative methodology, with a focus on natural product total synthesis and retrosynthetic analysis. Disconnection guidelines and a three-phase dearomative logic are described, and a spotlight is given to nature's use of dearomatization in the biosynthesis of various classes of natural products. Synthetic studies from 2011 to 2021 are reviewed, and 425 references are cited.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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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: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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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Lusi RF, Sennari G, Sarpong R. Strategy Evolution in a Skeletal Remodeling and C-H Functionalization-Based Synthesis of the Longiborneol Sesquiterpenoids. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17277-17294. [PMID: 36098550 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Detailed herein are our synthesis studies of longiborneol and related natural products. Our overarching goals of utilizing a "camphor first" strategy enabled by skeletal remodeling of carvone, and late-stage diversification using C-H functionalizations, led to divergent syntheses of the target natural products. Our initial approach proposed a lithiate addition to unite two fragments followed by a Conia-ene or Pd-mediated cycloalkylation reaction sequence to install the seven-membered ring emblematic of the longibornane core. This approach was unsuccessful and evolved into a revised plan that employed a Wittig coupling and a radical cyclization to establish the core. A reductive radical cyclization, which was explored first, led to a synthesis of copaborneol, a structural isomer of longiborneol. Alternatively, a metal-hydride hydrogen atom transfer-initiated cyclization was effective for a synthesis of longiborneol. Late-stage C-H functionalization of the longibornane core led to a number of hydroxylated longiborneol congeners. The need for significant optimization of the strategies that were employed as well as the methods for C-H functionalization to implement these strategies highlights the ongoing challenges in applying these powerful reactions. Nevertheless, the reported approach enables functionalization of every natural product-relevant C-H bond in the longibornane skeleton.
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- Robert F Lusi
- 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.,O̅mura Satoshi Memorial Institute, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California─Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Nakada M. Research on the Efficient Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Useful Bioactive Polycyclic Compounds. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Masahisa Nakada
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 119-8555
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The study aims to analyze the degree of similarity of some molecules belonging to two subgroups of Aminoalkylindoles. After extracting the molecules’ characteristics using Cheminformatics methods, and the computation of the Tanimoto coefficients, dendrograms and heatmaps were built to reveal the degree of similarity of the analyzed drugs. Some atom-pair similarities between the molecules in the same group were detected. The clusters determined by the k-means method divided the Benzoylindoles into two subgroups but kept all the Phenylacetylindoles together in the same set. The activity spectrum of the elements in each group was also analyzed, and similarities have been emphasized. The clustering has been validated using the Kruskal–Wallis test on the series of computed probabilities of the main effects.
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Lv Y, Feng Y, Dai J, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Liu Z, Zheng H. Synthesis of the [6.6.7.5] Tetracyclic Core of Calyciphylline N via a Boc-Mediated Oxidative Dearomatization/Diels-Alder Approach. Org Lett 2022; 24:2694-2698. [PMID: 35362979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A sequential process involving Boc-mediated oxidative dearomatization and inter/intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction was investigated. Based on an intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction and subsequently a radical 7-endo-trig type cyclization, the [6.6.7.5] tetracyclic core of Calyciphylline N was assembled.
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- Yumeng Lv
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, China
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Cao MY, Ma BJ, Gu QX, Fu B, Lu HH. Concise Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Daphenylline Enabled by an Intramolecular Oxidative Dearomatization. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5750-5755. [PMID: 35289615 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Daphenylline is a structurally unique member of the triterpenoid Daphniphyllum natural alkaloids, which exhibit intriguing biological activities. Six total syntheses have been reported, five of which utilize aromatization approaches. Herein, we report a concise protecting-group-free total synthesis by means of a novel intramolecular oxidative dearomatization reaction, which concurrently generates the critical seven-membered ring and the quaternary-containing vicinal stereocenters. Other notable transformations include a tandem reductive amination/amidation double cyclization reaction, to assemble the cage-like architecture, and installation of the other two chiral stereocenters via a highly enantioselective rhodium-catalyzed challenging hydrogenation of the diene intermediate (90% e.e.) and an unprecedented remote acid-directed Mukaiyama-Michael reaction of the complex benzofused cyclohexanone (13:1 d.r.).
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- Meng-Yue Cao
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China.,Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, China.,Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, China.,Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China.,Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, China.,Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, China.,Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China.,Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, China.,Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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Lusi RF, Perea MA, Sarpong R. C-C Bond Cleavage of α-Pinene Derivatives Prepared from Carvone as a General Strategy for Complex Molecule Synthesis. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:746-758. [PMID: 35170951 PMCID: PMC9616203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The preparation of complex molecules (e.g., biologically active secondary metabolites) remains an important pursuit in chemical synthesis. By virtue of their sophisticated architectures, complex natural products inspire total synthesis campaigns that can lead to completely new ways of building molecules. In the twentieth century, one such paradigm which emerged was the use of naturally occurring "chiral pool terpenes" as starting materials for total synthesis. These inexpensive and naturally abundant molecules provide an easily accessed source of enantioenriched material for the enantiospecific preparation of natural products. The most common applications of chiral pool terpenes are in syntheses where their structure can, entirely or largely, be superimposed directly onto a portion of the target structure. Less straightforward uses, where the structure of the starting chiral pool terpene is not immediately evident in the structure of the target, can be more challenging to implement. Nevertheless, these "nonintuitive" approaches illustrate the ultimate promise of chiral pool-based strategies: that any single chiral pool terpene could be applied to syntheses of an indefinite number of structurally diverse complex synthetic targets.By definition, such strategies require carefully orchestrated sequences of C-C bond forming and C-C cleaving reactions which result in remodeling of the terpene architecture. The combination of traditional rearrangement chemistry and transition-metal-catalyzed C-C cleavage methods, the latter of which were primarily developed in the early twenty-first century, provide a rich and powerful toolbox for implementing this remodeling approach. In this Account, we detail our efforts to use a variety of C-C cleavage tactics in the skeletal remodeling of carvone, a chiral pool terpene. This skeletal remodeling strategy enabled the reorganization of the carvone scaffold into synthetic intermediates with a variety of carboskeletons, which we, then, leveraged for the total syntheses of structurally disparate terpene natural products.We begin by describing our initial investigations into various, mechanistically distinct C-C cleavage processes involving cyclobutanols synthesized from carvone. These initial studies showcased how electrophile-mediated semipinacol rearrangements of these cyclobutanols can lead to [2.2.1]bicyclic intermediates, and how Rh- and Pd-catalyzed C-C cleavage can lead to a variety of densely functionalized cyclohexenes pertinent to natural product synthesis. We, then, present several total syntheses using these synthetic intermediates, beginning with the bridged, polycyclic sesquiterpenoid longiborneol, which was synthesized from a carvone-derived [2.2.1]bicycle following a key semipinacol rearrangement. Next, we discuss how several members of the macrocyclic phomactin family were synthesized from a cyclohexene derivative prepared through a Rh-catalyzed C-C cleavage reaction. Finally, we describe our synthesis of the marine diterpene xishacorene B, which was prepared using a key Pd-catalyzed C-C cleavage/cross-coupling that facilitated the assembly of the core [3.3.1]bicycle that is resident in the natural product structure.
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- Robert F Lusi
- 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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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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Hardy MA, Nan B, Wiest O, Sarpong R. Strategic elements in computer-assisted retrosynthesis: A case study of the pupukeanane natural products. Tetrahedron 2022; 104:132584. [PMID: 36743342 PMCID: PMC9893929 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Computer-assisted synthesis planning represents a growing area of research, especially for complex molecule synthesis. Here, we present a case study involving the pupukeanane natural products, which are complex, marine-derived, natural products with unique tricyclic scaffolds. Proposed routes to members of each skeletal class informed by pathways generated using the program Synthia™ are compared to previous syntheses of these molecules. In addition, novel synthesis routes are proposed to pupukeanane congeners that have not been prepared previously.
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- Melissa A. Hardy
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States
- Corresponding author. (O. Wiest)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
- Corresponding author. (R. Sarpong)
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Wang Y, Tian H, Gui J. Gram-Scale Synthesis of Bufospirostenin A by a Biomimetic Skeletal Rearrangement Approach. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19576-19586. [PMID: 34762408 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bufospirostenin A, which was the first spirostanol to be isolated from an animal, possesses an unprecedented 5/7/6/5/5/6 hexacyclic framework. Herein, we report two biomimetic syntheses of this natural product in just seven or nine steps from a readily available steroidal lactone. Key features of the syntheses include a photosantonin rearrangement and a Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement for rapid construction of the rearranged A/B ring system, as well as a cobalt-mediated olefin hydroselenylation and a selenide E2 reaction to accomplish a challenging olefin transposition. Our syntheses provide experimental support for the biogenetic pathway to 5(10→1)abeo-steroids that we have proposed.
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- Yu Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai200032, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai200032, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai200032, China
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Wang C, Pang Y, Wu Y, Zhang N, Yang R, Li Y, Chen P, Jiang H, Xu X, Kam T, Fan T, Ma Z. Divergent Synthesis of Skeletally Distinct Arboridinine and Arborisidine. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Cheng Wang
- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences Wuyi University Jiangmen 529020 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering South China University of Technology Wushan Road-381 Guangzhou 510641 China
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Jia P, Pei J, Wang G, Pan X, Zhu Y, Wu Y, Ouyang L. The roles of computer-aided drug synthesis in drug development. GREEN SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gresc.2021.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Wang C, Pang Y, Wu Y, Zhang N, Yang R, Li Y, Chen P, Jiang H, Xu XT, Kam TS, Fan T, Ma Z. Divergent Synthesis of Skeletally Distinct Arboridinine and Arborisidine. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:26978-26985. [PMID: 34665909 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A divergent synthesis of skeletally distinct arboridinine and arborisidine was achieved. The central divergent strategy was inspired by the divergent biosynthetic cyclization mode of arboridinine and arborisidine and their hidden topological connection. The branch point was reached through a Michael and Mannich cascade process. A site-selective intramolecular Mannich reaction was developed to construct the tetracyclic core of arboridinine, while a site-selective intramolecular α-amination of ketone was used to access the tetracyclic core of arborisidine. A strategic Peterson olefination through intramolecular nucleophile delivery was able to set up the exocyclic olefin of arboridinine.
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- Cheng Wang
- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Key Lab of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road-381, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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Martínez-García L, Prado G, Góñez KV, Paleo MR, Sardina FJ. Stereoselective Synthesis of Hydrindane and Hydroazulene Derivatives by Transannular Cyclization of Nine- and Ten-Membered Carbocycles. J Org Chem 2021; 86:13684-13692. [PMID: 34519499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Treatment of cis-fused bicyclic diene dicarboxylates with Li/naphthalene triggers a tandem ring-opening and transannular cyclization process that stereoselectively yields hydroazulenes and hydrindanes derivatives. Cyclononadienyl diesters, which can be isolated after the ring-opening step by judicious choice of the reaction conditions, undergo a tandem conjugate addition/intramolecular Michael addition upon treatment with chiral lithium amides to give bicyclic β-amino esters in a process where 4 contiguous stereocenters are formed with high diastereocontrol. A concise route toward the highly enantioenriched AEF ring core of the aconitine-type alkaloids has been developed as an application of this methodology. The starting cis-fused bicyclic dicarboxylates are easily prepared in one step by reductive alkylation of diisopropyl phthalate (Na/THF, followed by the appropriate bis-electrophiles).
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- Lucas Martínez-García
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Nay B. Total Synthesis of Poisonous Aconitum Alkaloids Empowered by a Fragment Coupling Strategy. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:1298-1299. [PMID: 34471674 PMCID: PMC8393206 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Bastien Nay
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, ENSTA,
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Wong A, Fastuca NJ, Mak VW, Kerkovius JK, Stevenson SM, Reisman SE. Total Syntheses of the C 19 Diterpenoid Alkaloids (-)-Talatisamine, (-)-Liljestrandisine, and (-)-Liljestrandinine by a Fragment Coupling Approach. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:1311-1316. [PMID: 34471676 PMCID: PMC8393236 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The C19 diterpenoid alkaloids (C19 DTAs) are a large family of natural products, many of which modulate the activity of ion channels in vivo and are therefore of interest for the study of neurological and cardiovascular diseases. The complex architectures of these molecules continue to challenge the state-of-the art in chemical synthesis, particularly with respect to efficient assembly of their polcyclic ring systems. Here, we report the total syntheses of (-)-talatisamine, (-)-liljestrandisine, and (-)-liljestrandinine, three aconitine-type C19 DTAs, using a fragment coupling strategy. Key to this approach is a 1,2-addition/semipinacol rearrangement sequence which efficiently joins two complex fragments and sets an all-carbon quaternary center.
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- Alice
R. Wong
- The Warren and Katharine
Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The Warren and Katharine
Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The Warren and Katharine
Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The Warren and Katharine
Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The Warren and Katharine
Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The Warren and Katharine
Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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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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- Dominik Gaugele
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Institut für Organische Chemie Auf der Morgenstelle 18 72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Institut für Organische Chemie Auf der Morgenstelle 18 72076 Tübingen Germany
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Progress in the Chemistry of Cytochalasans. PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS 2021; 114:1-134. [PMID: 33792860 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59444-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cytochalasans are a group of fungal-derived natural products characterized by a perhydro-isoindolone core fused with a macrocyclic ring, and they exhibit a high structural diversity and a broad spectrum of bioactivities. Cytochalasans have attracted significant attention from the chemical and pharmacological communities and have been reviewed previously from various perspectives in recent years. However, continued interest in the cytochalasans and the number of laboratory investigations on these compounds are both growing rapidly. This contribution provides a general overview of the isolation, structural determination, biological activities, biosynthesis, and total synthesis of cytochalasans. In total, 477 cytochalasans are covered, including "merocytochalasans" that arise by the dimerization or polymerization of one or more cytochalasan molecules with one or more other natural product units. This contribution provides a comprehensive treatment of the cytochalasans, and it is hoped that it may stimulate further work on these interesting natural products.
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Zeng Z, Kociok‐Köhn G, Woodman TJ, Rowan MG, Blagbrough IS. Structural Studies of Norditerpenoid Alkaloids: Conformation Analysis in Crystal and in Solution States. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ziyu Zeng
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- Material and Chemical Characterisation Facility University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY UK
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Yang G, Zhu M, Zhao X, Lei J, Xu L. A new route to BCD tricyclic fragment of C19-diterpenoid alkaloids via intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction followed by anionic 1,2-migration rearrangement. Tetrahedron Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.152975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shimakawa T, Hagiwara K, Inoue M. Total Synthesis of Talatisamine: Exploration of Convergent Synthetic Strategies. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Tsukasa Shimakawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Schuppe AW, Liu Y, Newhouse TR. An invocation for computational evaluation of isomerization transforms: cationic skeletal reorganizations as a case study. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:510-527. [PMID: 32931541 PMCID: PMC7956923 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00005a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Covering: 2010 to 2020This review article describes how cationic rearrangement reactions have been used in natural product total synthesis over the last decade as a case study for the many productive ways by which isomerization reactions are enabling for synthesis. This review argues that isomerization reactions in particular are well suited for computational evaluation, as relatively simple calculations can provide significant insight.
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- Alexander W Schuppe
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8107, USA.
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Haider M, Sennari G, Eggert A, Sarpong R. Total Synthesis of the Cephalotaxus Norditerpenoids (±)-Cephanolides A-D. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:2710-2715. [PMID: 33577317 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Concise syntheses of the Cephalotaxus norditerpenoids cephanolides A-D (8-14 steps from commercial material) using a common late-stage synthetic intermediate are described. The success of our approach rested on an early decision to apply chemical network analysis to identify the strategic bonds that needed to be forged, as well as the efficient construction of the carbon framework through iterative Csp2-Csp3 cross-coupling, followed by an intramolecular inverse-demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition. Strategic late-stage oxidations facilitated access to all congeners of the benzenoid cephanolides isolated to date.
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- Maximilian Haider
- 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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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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Minagawa K, Kamakura D, Hagiwara K, Inoue M. Construction of the ABCE-ring structure of talatisamine via decarboxylative radical cyclization. Tetrahedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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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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Doering NA, Sarpong R, Hoffmann RW. Ein Fall für die Bindungs‐Netzwerk‐Analyse bei der Synthese verbrückter polycyclischer komplexer Moleküle: Hetidin‐ und Hetisin‐Diterpen‐Alkaloide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201909656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Nicolle A. Doering
- Latimer Hall Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Latimer Hall Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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