Novel racemic and enantiomerically enriched unsaturated tryprostatin B analogues were synthesised by an enaminone-based strategy. The synthesis also features a novel copper(I)-catalysed dipeptide formation. In addition, the enantiomeric purity of an enantiomerically enriched analogue was determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy by use of our own chiral solvating agent.
tryprostatin B - natural product analogues - enantiomeric purity determination - chiral solvating agent - copper catalysis