title: Total synthesis of (+/-)-martinellic acid.
abstract: A 14-step synthesis of martinellic acid (1) that proceeds in 3% overall yield has been completed using the reaction of aniline 11 with Meldrum's acid-activated vinylcyclopropane 4 to give vinyl pyrrolidinone 12, condensation of aldehyde 13 with N-benzylglycine to form an azomethine ylide that cyclizes to give 14, selective reduction of 14 to amino alcohol 16 with LiBH(4) and MeOH, and guanidine formation by reaction of a cyanamide with 3-methyl-2-buten-1-amine in hexafluoro-2-propanol at 120 degrees C as key steps. [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA. snider@brandeis.edu
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Snider
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: O'Hare
mesh_terms: D029402:Bignoniaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011804:Quinolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011758:Pyrroles; D011804:Quinolines; C432345:martinellic acid