title: Total synthesis of (+/-)-garsubellin A.
abstract: The first total synthesis of garsubellin A, a neurotrophic compound with potent choline acetyltransferase-inducing activity, is described. Keys for success were (1) stereoselective intermolecular aldol reaction at the C-4 position with acetaldehyde, (2) stereoelective Claisen rearrangement to introduce an allyl group to the most sterically crowded position at C-6, (3) ring-closing metathesis to construct the B-ring, and (4) Wacker-type oxidative C-ring formation. This synthetic route can be extended to an asymmetric synthesis of garsubellin A using the Koga catalytic enantioselective alkylation, which produced enantioenriched alpha-prenyl cyclohexenone with excellent enantioselectivity (95% ee).
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuramochi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Usuda
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamatsugu
authors.forename: Motomu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibasaki
mesh_terms: D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013729:Terpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013729:Terpenes; C106690:garsubellin A