title: Enantioselective total synthesis of peloruside A: a potent microtubule stabilizer.
abstract: An enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-peloruside A (1) is described. Peloruside A (1) is a potent microtubule stabilizer with significant clinical potential. The synthesis is convergent and involves the assembly of C1-C10 segment 2 and C11-C24 segment 3 by a novel aldol protocol followed by Yamaguchi macrolactonization of the resulting seco-acid, selective methylation of hemi-ketal and removal of the protecting groups to peloruside A.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. akghosh@purdue.edu
authors.forename: Arun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jae-Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chun-Xiao
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003500:Cyclization; D007783:Lactones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008870:Microtubules / Q000187:drug effects*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D007783:Lactones; C414085:peloruside A