title: Synthesis of the anti-Helicobacter pylori agent (+)-spirolaxine methyl ether and the unnatural (2"S)-diastereomer.
abstract: The first enantioselective synthesis of the anti-Heliocbacter pylori agent (+)-spirolaxine methyl ether 2b has been carried out in a convergent fashion establishing that the absolute stereochemistry of the natural product is in fact (3R, 2"R, 5"R, 7"R) after initial synthesis of the unnatural (2"S)-diastereomer 2a. The key step in the synthesis of (+)-spirolaxine methyl ether 2b involved a heterocycle-activated Julia-Kocienski olefination between benzothiazole-based spiroacetal sulfone 4b and phthalide aldehyde 3a. (2"R, 5"S, 7"S)-Spiroacetal sulfone 4b was prepared via cyclisation of protected dihydroxyketone 6b, which in turn was derived from the coupling of the acetylide derived from (R)-acetylene 24b with aldehyde 3a. Phthalide aldehyde 3a was prepared via intramolecular acylation of bromocarbamate 15, which was available via titanium tetrafluoride-(+)-BINOL-mediated allylation of 3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde 13. Union of the sulfone 4b and aldehyde 3a fragments successfully completed the enantioselective synthesis of (+)-spirolaxine methyl ether 2b. The synthesis of the unnatural (3R, 2"S, 5"R, 7"R)-diastereomer of spirolaxine methyl ether 2a was also undertaken in a similar manner by union of phthalide aldehyde 3a with (2"S, 5"S, 7"S)-spiroacetal sulfone 4a derived from (S)-acetylene 24a.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland, 23 Symonds St, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Brimble
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013141:Spiro Compounds; C517924:spirolaxine methyl ether