RESUMO
The biomimetic epoxide-opening cascades from squalene polyepoxides 4-6 to triterpene polyethers (oxasqualenoids) teurilene (1), glabrescol (2), and omaezakianol (3), respectively, were reproduced in a single event by chemical reaction. These cascades proceeded through the 5-exo tandem cyclization triggered by Brønsted acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the terminal epoxide, mimicking the direct hydrolysis mechanism of epoxide hydrolases.
Assuntos
Epóxido Hidrolases/química , Compostos de Epóxi/química , Furanos/química , Esqualeno/análogos & derivados , Esqualeno/química , Triterpenos/química , Biomimética , Hidrólise , Estrutura Molecular , EstereoisomerismoRESUMO
The proof of the pudding: The first asymmetric total synthesis of the marine tetracyclic oxasqualenoid (+)-omaezakianol features a convergent olefin cross-metathesis between a monotetrahydrofuran fragment and a triepoxy alkene, and cascade oxacyclizations of a triepoxy alcohol to form the right-hand three ether rings. The total synthesis proved the absolute configuration of (+)-omaezakianol to be that shown.