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Total Synthesis of (±)‐Phyllantidine: Development and Mechanistic Evaluation of a Ring Expansion for Installation of Embedded Nitrogen‐Oxygen Bonds
Author(s) -
Lambert Kyle M.,
Cox Joshua B.,
Liu Lin,
Jackson Amy C.,
Yruegas Sam,
Wiberg Kenneth B.,
Wood John L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202003829
Subject(s) - cyclopentanone , chemistry , butenolide , aldol reaction , amide , ring (chemistry) , total synthesis , organic synthesis , ketene , bond cleavage , ylide , stereochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
The development of a concise total synthesis of (±)‐phyllantidine ( 1 ), a member of the securinega family of alkaloids containing an unusual oxazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane core, is described. The synthesis employs a unique synthetic strategy featuring the ring expansion of a substituted cyclopentanone to a cyclic hydroxamic acid as a key step that allows facile installation of the embedded nitrogen‐oxygen (N−O) bond. The optimization of this sequence to effect the desired regiochemical outcome and its mechanistic underpinnings were assessed both computationally and experimentally. This synthetic approach also features an early‐stage diastereoselective aldol reaction to assemble the substituted cyclopentanone, a mild reduction of an amide intermediate without N−O bond cleavage, and the rapid assembly of the butenolide found in ( 1 ) via use of the Bestmann ylide.