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Formal Syntheses of (±)-Platensimycin and (±)-Platencin via a Dual-Mode Lewis Acid Induced Cascade Cyclization Approach

  • Lizhi Zhu
  • , Congshan Zhou
  • , Wei Yang
  • , Shuzhong He
  • , Gui Juan Cheng
  • , Xinhao Zhang*
  • , Chi Sing Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A mild and efficient dual-mode Lewis acid induced Diels-Alder (DA)/carbocyclization cascade cyclization reaction has been developed for construction of the tricyclic core of ent-kaurenoids in one pot with the aid of a theoretical study on the π,σ-Lewis acidities of a variety of Lewis acids. With ZnBr2 as the dual-mode Lewis acid, a series of substituted enones and dienes underwent DA/carbocyclization cascade cyclization reaction smoothly at room temperature and provided the tricyclic cyclized products in one pot with good yields and high diastereoselectivity. The tricyclic cyclized product has been successfully utilized as a common intermediate for formal syntheses of (±)-platensimycin and (±)-platencin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7912-7929
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume78
Issue number16
Early online date17 Jul 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Aug 2013

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