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DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611235
Synthesis of (–)-Asperchalasine A
Total Synthesis of Asperchalasines A, D, E and H.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018;
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201808481.
Publication History
Publication Date:
18 October 2018 (online)
Key words
(–)-asperchalasine A - cytochalasan alkaloids - Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction - Diels–Alder reaction - oxidative heterodimerization
Significance
The unique cytochalasan dimer asperchalasine A, which possesses a decacyclic ring system and twenty chiral centers, was among cytochalasan alkaloids recently isolated from the culture broth of Aspergillus flavipes. Deng and co-workers took on the synthetic challenges associated with the preparation of the structurally intriguing asperchalasines A in the laboratory and report its first total synthesis. Furthermore, asperchalasines D, E, and H were accessed from shared intermediates.
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Comment
The enantioselective synthesis began with the preparation of triene segment C and dienophile D from l-arabinose and Boc-l-leucine, respectively. Diels–Alder cycloaddition crafted intermediate E, which was elaborated further to give 17-epi-aspochalasin B (H). Diels–Alder reaction of this tricycle with epicoccine-derived I provided hexacycle J, which was subsequently converted into the target structure by formal [5+2] cycloaddition with an additional equivalent of H.
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