Synlett 2010(2): 223-226  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218565
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Synthesis of the C1-C15 Region of Palmerolide A Using Refined Claisen-Type Addition-Bond Cleavage Methodology

David M. Jones, Gregory B. Dudley*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390, USA
Fax: +1(850)6448281; e-Mail: gdudley@chem.fsu.edu;
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Publication History

Received 14 September 2009
Publication Date:
11 December 2009 (online)

Abstract

Synthesis of the eastern hemisphere (C1-C15) of pal­merolide A is described. A re-optimized Claisen-type condensation of vinylogous acyl triflates provides efficient entry into the C1-C8 subunit, setting up a convergent Horner-Wittig olefination to deliver the eastern portion of palmerolide A.

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5

Of the NCI’s panel of 60 cancer cell lines, no other cell
line registered a cytotoxic response below micromolar concentrations.

13

See Supporting Information, compound A.

17

See Supporting Information, compound B.

18

Cyclization of 5 predominated using bases including Ba(OH)2, DBU˙LiCl (Masamune-Roush conditions), and KOt-Bu. A common feature of these bases is that each is intermediate in basicity between the initial β-keto phosphine oxide anion and the enolate arising from undesired cyclization onto the enoate. Therefore, the conjugate acid may play a role in promoting undesired cyclization (Scheme  [³] ).

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See Supporting Information, compound C.