title: A Cycloaddition Strategy for Use toward Berkelic Acid, an MMP Inhibitor and Potent Anticancer Agent Displaying a Unique Chroman Spiroketal Motif.
abstract: A kinetically controlled diastereoselective cycloaddition between a chiral enol ether and an ortho-quinone methide (o-QM) produces a chroman spiroketal motif that is found in the core of berkelic acid, a novel matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor and potent anticancer agent. The transformation lays the groundwork for preparation of future inhibitors aimed at distinguishing among the active sites of the twenty-three known MMP. Experimental findings suggest that the stereochemistry that emerges from cycloaddition is opposite that which results from thermodynamic ketalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA 93106-9510, USA Fax +1(805)8935690; E-mail: pettus@chem.ucsb.edu.
authors.forename: Yaodong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Thomas R R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Pettus