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Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Organic, Chemistry, CANCER CELL-LINES, DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS, STEREOSELECTIVE-SYNTHESIS, ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION, ALPHA-AMINOXYLATION, BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY, EMMONS OLEFINATION, PROTECTING GROUPS, DIPLODIA-MUTILA, BICYCLIC CORE, 0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, 0305 Organic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, 3404 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, 3405 Organic chemistry

Abstract:

The first asymmetric total synthesis of the putative structure of diplopyrone was achieved in 17 linear steps starting from cis-1,4-butene-diol. The synthetic route features iodine-catalyzed tandem isomerization followed by C-O and C-C bond formation reaction strategy developed by our own group to construct the trans-2,6-disubstituted dihydropyran ring, asymmetric α-aminoxylation reaction, and Still-Gennari (Z)-selective olefination reactions. Careful comparison of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data as well as investigation of the UV and circular dichroism spectrum in trifluoroethanol for compound 2 suggest that the putative structure for diplopyrone {6-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-2,4a(S),6(R),8a(S)-tetrahydropyran[3,2-b]pyran-2-one} requires revision.