title: Total synthesis of mycalamide A.
abstract: This communication describes a concise and efficient total synthesis of mycalamide A by the convergent coupling of pederic acid unit with the mycalamine unit. The left-half, (+)-7-benzoylpederic acid, was synthesized from (2R,3R)-3-methylpent-4-en-2-ol in seven steps and 34.6% overall yield through a route that features a one-step Pd(II)-catalyzed tandem Wacker/Heck cyclization reaction to prepare the tetrahydropyran ring system. The right-half, the mycalamine unit, was synthesized in 21 steps and 10.5% overall yield from diethyl d-tartrate. Effective, stereoselective methods were developed for the assembly of the two parts to yield either mycalamide A or C(10)-epi-mycalamide A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Jeong-Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Waizumi
authors.forename: H Marlon
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Viresh H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Rawal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry; D011714:Pyrans / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins; D011714:Pyrans; C059646:mycalamide A