Synthesis 2017; 49(01): 209-217
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1562539
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Stereoselective Synthesis of a Highly Oxygenated δ-Lactone Related to the Core Structure of (–)-Enterocin

Marcus Wegmann
Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany   Email: thorsten.bach@ch.tum.de
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Thorsten Bach*
Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany   Email: thorsten.bach@ch.tum.de
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Publication History

Received: 18 July 2016

Accepted: 22 July 2016

Publication Date:
09 September 2016 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Dieter Enders on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Abstract

The title compound was prepared in a concise route starting from an appropriately protected (S)-glyceraldehyde. A highly diastereoselective (d.r. >95:5) Mukaiyama aldol reaction of an acetoacetate-derived silyl enol ether served as the initial step of the synthetic sequence. It was found that protection of the glyceraldehyde as a butane-2,3-dione acetal is required to achieve the desired diastereoselectivity. Upon lactonization, a Tsuji–Trost allylation and a subsequent one-pot reaction cascade including an ozonolysis and an α-hydroxylation gave dia­stereoselective access to the desired α-hydroxy-β-oxo-δ-lactone. Alternative synthetic approaches are discussed and proof for the configuration of the product is presented.

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