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Org Lett ; 26(14): 2852-2856, 2024 Apr 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38101417

ABSTRACT

General and robust conditions for the Liebeskind-Srogl coupling were developed and used in functionalization of medicinal-chemistry-relevant heterocyclic substrates. Applicability in HTE and library synthesis, combined with its orthogonality to other cross-coupling reactions, make it highly attractive for discovery chemistry workflows. Additionally, the results suggest that the nature of the Cu(I)-carboxylate plays a more prominent role in the reaction performance than the nature of Pd-catalysts, which is rather uncommon for Pd-catalysis and can be used in further optimization of Liebeskind-Srogl coupling.

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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 60(14): 7893-7899, 2021 03 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33448619

ABSTRACT

Proof-of-concept is provided that a large estate of 16-membered macrolide antibiotics can be reached by a "unified" approach. The key building block was formed on scale by an asymmetric vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction; its alkene terminus was then converted either into the corresponding methyl ketone by Wacker oxidation or into a chain-extended aldehyde by catalyst-controlled branch-selective asymmetric hydroformylation. These transformations ultimately opened access to two structurally distinct series of macrolide targets. Notable late-stage maneuvers comprise a rare example of a ruthenium-catalyzed redox isomerization of an 1,3-enyne-5-ol into a 1,3-diene-5-one derivative, as well as the elaboration of a tertiary propargylic alcohol into an acyloin by trans-hydrostannation/Chan-Lam-type coupling. Moreover, this case study illustrates the underutilized possibility of forging complex macrolactone rings by transesterification under essentially neutral conditions.

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Org Biomol Chem ; 17(17): 4216-4219, 2019 04 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30945718

ABSTRACT

A gold(i)-catalyzed cyclopropane-alkene metathesis has been demonstrated with two new families of cyclopropane derivatives of naphthalene and phenanthrene (benzo-fused norcaradienes). In this process, metal carbene units are transferred from a persistent cyclopropane to an alkene, upon release of naphthalene or phenanthrene, allowing the diastereoselective synthesis of a wide range of aryl and vinyl cyclopropanes.

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Org Lett ; 20(14): 4341-4345, 2018 07 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29975067

ABSTRACT

Through the design of a second generation of more reactive 7-substituted 1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes, a room-temperature gold(I)-catalyzed retro-Buchner-cyclopropanation sequence and the first zinc(II)-catalyzed version of this process, which uses inexpensive ZnBr2 as catalyst, have been developed. This led to a broad-scope cyclopropanation of both activated and unactivated alkenes, including late-stage derivatization of biologically relevant compounds, and to the total synthesis of (±)-lactobacillic acid.

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ACS Catal ; 7(5): 3668-3675, 2017 May 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28503355

ABSTRACT

A highly stereoselective gold(I)-catalyzed cis-vinylcyclopropanation of alkenes has been developed. Allylic gold carbenes, generated via a retro-Buchner reaction of 7-alkenyl-1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes, react with alkenes to form vinylcyclopropanes. The gold(I)-catalyzed retro-Buchner reaction of these substrates proceeds by simple heating at a temperature much lower than that required for the reaction of 7-aryl-1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes (75 °C vs 120 °C). A newly developed Julia-Kocienski reagent enables the synthesis of the required cycloheptatriene derivatives in one step from readily available aldehydes or ketones. On the basis of mechanistic investigations, a stereochemical model for the cis selectivity was proposed. An unprecedented gold-catalyzed isomerization of cis- to trans-cyclopropanes has also been discovered and studied by DFT calculations.

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J Am Chem Soc ; 136(2): 801-9, 2014 Jan 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24358986

ABSTRACT

The fate of the aryl gold(I) carbenes generated by retro-Buchner reaction of ortho-substituted 7-aryl-1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes is dependent on the constitution of the ortho substituent. Indenes and fluorenes are obtained by intramolecular reaction of highly electrophilic gold(I) carbenes with alkenes and arenes. According to density functional theory calculations, the gold-catalyzed retro-Buchner process occurs stepwise, although the two carbon-carbon cleavages occur on a rather flat potential energy surface.

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Nature ; 492(7427): 95-9, 2012 Dec 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23201691

ABSTRACT

Nitrogen-rich heterocyclic compounds have had a profound effect on human health because these chemical motifs are found in a large number of drugs used to combat a broad range of diseases and pathophysiological conditions. Advances in transition-metal-mediated cross-coupling have simplified the synthesis of such molecules; however, C-H functionalization of medicinally important heterocycles that does not rely on pre-functionalized starting materials is an underdeveloped area. Unfortunately, the innate properties of heterocycles that make them so desirable for biological applications--such as aqueous solubility and their ability to act as ligands--render them challenging substrates for direct chemical functionalization. Here we report that zinc sulphinate salts can be used to transfer alkyl radicals to heterocycles, allowing for the mild (moderate temperature, 50 °C or less), direct and operationally simple formation of medicinally relevant C-C bonds while reacting in a complementary fashion to other innate C-H functionalization methods (Minisci, borono-Minisci, electrophilic aromatic substitution, transition-metal-mediated C-H insertion and C-H deprotonation). We prepared a toolkit of these reagents and studied their reactivity across a wide range of heterocycles (natural products, drugs and building blocks) without recourse to protecting-group chemistry. The reagents can even be used in tandem fashion in a single pot in the presence of water and air.


Subject(s)
Carbon/chemistry , Hydrogen/chemistry , Air , Alkylation , Biological Products/chemistry , Drug Design , Hydrogen Bonding , Indicators and Reagents/chemistry , Methylation , Nitrogen/chemistry , Pharmaceutical Preparations/chemistry , Sulfinic Acids/chemistry , Water , Zinc/chemistry
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J Org Chem ; 76(21): 8907-12, 2011 Nov 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21950549

ABSTRACT

The binolphosphoric acid-catalyzed Pictet-Spengler reaction of an N-(5-oxy-2,4-pentadienyl)tryptamine derivative with methyl 5-oxo-2-(phenylseleno)pentanoate leads to the tetrahydro-ß-carboline in a 92:8 enantiomeric ratio. This product is easily converted into the substrate for a stereoselective intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the type earlier reported by Jacobsen. These two key steps constitute the basis for a nine-step total synthesis of (+)-yohimbine from tryptamine. A similar asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction was applied to the synthesis of an intermediate in the recent total synthesis of corynantheidine by Sato.


Subject(s)
Tryptamines/chemistry , Yohimbine/chemistry , Yohimbine/chemical synthesis , Catalysis , Cyclization , Molecular Structure , Stereoisomerism
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