A flexible and highly diastereoselective formal synthesis of hapalosin, a cyclodepsipeptide
isolated from the blue green alga Hapalosiphon welwitschii and having multidrug-resistance-reversing activity is described. The synthetic route
involves the addition of organometallic reagent to N-tert-butanesulfinylimine, Jung nonaldol aldol reaction, and Yamaguchi esterification as
key steps.
Key words
Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation - Jung nonaldol aldol reaction - Yamaguchi esterification
- hapalosin