Synthesis 2018; 50(22): 4359-4368
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610437
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Short Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of (–)-Platencin

Christian Defieber
a   The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd. MC 101-20, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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a   The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd. MC 101-20, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
b   Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA   Email: stoltz@caltech.edu
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Gennadii A. Grabovyi
b   Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA   Email: stoltz@caltech.edu
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Brian M. Stoltz*
a   The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd. MC 101-20, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
› Author Affiliations
We thank the NIH-NIGMS (R01 GM080269), DAAD (postdoctoral fellowship to C.D.), Eli Lilly (predoctoral fellowship to J.T.M.), Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Research Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Caltech for generous funding. We also thank the UIC Department of Chemistry (startup funds to J.T.M.) and the National Science Foundation (CAREER Award 1654490 to J.T.M.).
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Publication History

Received: 03 May 2018

Accepted after revision: 29 May 2018

Publication Date:
23 July 2018 (online)


Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Scott E. Denmark on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Abstract

A short enantioselective formal synthesis of the antibiotic natural product platencin is reported. Key steps in the synthesis include enantioselective decarboxylation alkylation, aldehyde/olefin radical cyclization, and regioselective aldol cyclization.

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