Abstract
By relying solely on substrate-based stereocontrol, a practical total synthesis of the microtubule-stabilizing anticancer agent (+)-discodermolide has been realized. This exploits a novel aldol bond construction with 1,6-stereoinduction from the boron enolate of (Z)-enone 3 in addition to aldehyde 2. The 1,3-diol 7 is employed as a common building block for the C-1-C-5, C-9-C-16, and C-17-C-24 subunits.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 35-38 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 Jan 2003 |
Keywords
- GRAM-SCALE SYNTHESIS
- STEREOCONTROLLED SYNTHESIS
- (-)-DISCODERMOLIDE
- DISCODERMOLIDE
- OXIDATION
- KETONES
- AGENT
- MICROTUBULES
- ALDEHYDES
- MOLECULES