title: Establishing the absolute configuration of the asbestinins: enantioselective total synthesis of 11-acetoxy-4-deoxyasbestinin D.
abstract: A highly stereoselective synthesis of 11-acetoxy-4-deoxyasbestinin D (1) has been completed in 26 linear steps. The synthesis hinges on a selective glycolate aldol addition to establish the C-2 stereocenter, a ring-closing metathesis reaction to complete the oxonene, and an intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition to establish the relative configuration at C-1, C-10, and C-14. This initial total synthesis of an asbestinin also serves to confirm the absolute configuration of this subclass of the C-2-C-11-cyclized cembranoid natural products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Venable and Kenan Laboratories of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA. crimmins@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Crimmins
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: C508009:11-acetoxy-4-deoxyasbestinin D; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings