title: Total synthesis of Bengamide E and analogues by modification at C-2 and at terminal olefinic positions.
abstract: [Reaction: see text]. The total synthesis of the natural product Bengamide E, one of the members of a new class of antitumor natural products of marine origin, is reported based on a convergent and flexible synthetic route featuring an oxirane ring-opening reaction and an olefin cross metathesis. In a similar way, analogues structurally modified at C-2 and at the terminal vinyl positions were prepared by introduction of various nucleophiles and alkyl substituents during the epoxide opening and the olefin cross metathesis steps, respectively. These studies demonstrate the validity of our synthetic strategy, although they reveal some problems associated with the olefin cross metathesis, whose efficiency depends on the substituent at the C-2 position as well as the steric environment of the alkene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain. frsarabia@uma.es
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sarabia
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry; D001381:Azepines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D001381:Azepines; C427481:bengamide E