title: Total synthesis of (+)-pinnatoxin A.
abstract: A convergent enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-pinnatoxin A is described. The synthesis capitalizes on the highly diastereoselective Ireland-Claisen rearrangement of an acyclic alpha-branched allylic ester to set the quaternary stereogenic center at the core of the spiroimine ring system along with the adjacent tertiary stereocenter. The all-carbon macrocyclic ring system was formed by ring-closing metathesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, USA.
authors.forename: Craig E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Stivala
authors.forename: Armen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zakarian
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D013141:Spiro Compounds; C447983:pinnatoxin A