title: Stereoselective hydroformylation: key step for the assembly of polypropionate subunits.
abstract: An anti-selective hydroformylation of 2-propylidene-substituted 1,3-dioxanes 16, 17, and 26 with excellent levels of acyclic stereocontrol has been achieved. The basis of this result was a careful substrate design making use of a syn-pentane interaction as the decisive stereochemical control element. Confirmation of this working hypothesis came from conformational analysis studies on alkenic substrate 16 employing 2D NOESY experiments in solution and MACROMODEL/MM3 calculations. This stereoselective, transition metal-catalyzed, C-C bond-forming reaction could serve as a key step for the construction of the all-anti and syn-anti stereotriad building blocks 20, 21, and 31, which should be well-suited for target-oriented polypropionate synthesis. Application of this methodology for the construction of a C5-C11 building block for the synthesis of bafilomycin A1 is described.
authors.affiliation: Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. bernhard.breit@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Breit
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Zahn
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D001704:Biopolymers; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D018942:Macrolides; D011422:Propionates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001685:Biological Factors; D001704:Biopolymers; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018942:Macrolides; D011422:Propionates; C057620:bafilomycin A