Dedicated to Professor Kiyoshi Tomioka, Doshisha Women’s College, Japan on his 70th birthday
Abstract
The naturally occurring bicyclic depsipeptide histone deacetylase inhibitors thailandepsins D–F were efficiently synthesized for the first time in 49–61% overall yield over five steps, starting from known amine and carboxylic acid segments. The synthesis includes the condensation of the two known starting materials to directly assemble the corresponding seco -acids, which are the key precursors for macrolactonization. The seco -acids are then macrolactonized using the Shiina method to construct the requisite 15-member macrocycles.
Key words thailandepsin - histone deacetylase inhibitor - natural products - bicyclic depsipeptide - total synthesis - macrocycles