The total synthesis of (-)-aplysin via a lithiation-borylation-propenylation sequence

Catherine J. Fletcher; Daniel J. Blair; Katherine M. P. Wheelhouse; Varinder K. Aggarwal

doi:10.1016/j.tet.2012.05.095

The total synthesis of (-)-aplysin via a lithiation-borylation-propenylation sequence

Catherine J. Fletcher
, Daniel J. Blair
, Katherine M. P. Wheelhouse
, Varinder K. Aggarwal^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Chemistry

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Abstract

A concise, highly enantioselective synthesis of sesquiterpene natural products (-)-debromoaplysin and (-)-aplysin has been completed. The key steps included lithiation-borylation of a secondary benzylic carbamate to give a tertiary boronic ester followed by propenylation which installed the quaternary stereocenter with complete enantioselectivity. Subsequent RCM followed by deprotection and in situ cyclization led to debromoaplysin with good diastereoselectivity from which the target compound was prepared in just eight overall steps. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7598-7604
Number of pages	7
Journal	Tetrahedron
Volume	68
Issue number	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.05.095
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2012

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Organic & Biological

Keywords

Lithiation-borylation
Quaternary stereocenter
Aplysin
Total synthesis
Sesquiterpene
ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION
RING-CLOSING METATHESIS
FORMAL TOTAL-SYNTHESIS
LAURENCIA-FILIFORMIS
OLEFIN METATHESIS
(-)-DEBROMOAPLYSIN
ENANTIOSELECTIVITY
SESQUITERPENES
ALCOHOLS
APLYSIN

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The total synthesis of (-)-aplysin via a lithiation-borylation-propenylation sequence

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