Huang Y.-W.
Kong K.
Wood JL.
* Baylor University, Waco, USA
Total Synthesis of (+)- and (±)-Hosieine A.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018;
57: 7664-7667
Key words
(+)-hosieine A - Rautenstrauch rearrangement - enantioconvergent gold catalysis - Michael addition
Significance
The authors report a nine-step total synthesis of enantioenriched (+)-hosieine A. Natural products of the hosieine family were isolated from O. hosiei and show nanomolar activity against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). For a previous synthesis of (–)-hosieine A, see: J. Ouyang, R. Yan, X. Mi, R. Hong Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10940.
Comment
The synthesis relied on a gold-
catalyzed, enantioconvergent Rautenstrauch rearrangement that afforded enone K. After base-
induced Michael addition to form L and reductive amination, spontaneous lactamization took place to give N. The lactam was reduced eventually with borane to give enantioenriched (+)-hosieine A.
