Synlett 2011(10): 1459-1461  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260762
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Total Synthesis of (+)-Brefeldin C Utilizing Aza-Claisen Rearrangement

Makoto Inai, Takeshi Nishii, Shingo Mukoujima, Tomoyuki Esumi, Hiroto Kaku, Keiko Tominaga, Hiroaki Abe, Mitsuyo Horikawa, Tetsuto Tsunoda*
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan
Fax: +81(88)6553051; e-Mail: tsunoda@ph.bunri-u.ac.jp;
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Received 8 March 2011
Publication Date:
26 May 2011 (online)

Abstract

The total synthesis of (+)-brefeldin C was accomplished. An asymmetric aza-Claisen rearrangement developed by our laboratory was employed to construct the C-4 and C-5 stereogenic centers of (+)-brefeldin C as a key step.

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(+)-Brefeldin C
[α]D ¹9 +119.8 (c 1.00, CHCl3) {lit.6d [α]D ²0 +121 (c 0.07, MeOH)}. ¹H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.38 (dd, J = 15.6, 3.0 Hz, 1 H), 5.91 (dd, J = 15.6, 1.92 Hz, 1 H), 5.73 (ddd, J = 15.1, 10.4, 4.7 Hz, 1 H), 5.19 (dd, J = 15.1, 9.6 Hz, 1 H), 4.86 (dqd, J = 10.8, 6.3, 1.9 Hz, 1 H), 4.10 (br d, J = 9.6 Hz, 1 H), 2.25 (quin, J = 8.8 Hz, 1 H), 2.03-1.98 (m, 2 H), 1.89-1.81 (m, 3 H), 1.76-1.51 (m, 6 H), 1.41-1.35 (m, 1 H), 1.26 (d, J = 6.3 Hz, 3 H), 0.98-0.92 (m, 1 H). ¹³C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 166.3, 152.0, 136.3, 130.3, 117.3, 76.0, 71.7, 54.0, 46.9, 35.1, 34.1, 31.9, 31.8, 26.8, 25.2, 20.9. IR (ATR): 3406, 2933, 1713 cm. MS (CI): m/z = 265 [M + H]+, 247 (base peak), 201. HRMS (CI): m/z [M + H]+ calcd for C16H25O3: 265.18036; found: 265.1789.