Co-reporter:Rong-Guo Ren, Ming Li, Chang-Mei Si, Zhuo-Ya Mao, Bang-Guo Wei
Tetrahedron Letters 2014 Volume 55(Issue 50) pp:6903-6906
Publication Date(Web):10 December 2014
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.10.102
An enantioselective route for oxazoline 4, a key fragment toward the asymmetric synthesis of leiodelide A, is described. We synthesized northern subunit 6 through a Julia–Lythgoe olefination and subsequent Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation. Moreover, a highly diastereoselective method using well-established Evans’ asymmetric aldol condensation was developed for preparation of southern fragment 5. The additional feature of this synthetic route is the formation of oxazoline 4 through DAST-promoted cyclization of the amidation product from subunits 5 and 6.