In order to provide scalable, efficient and selective routes towards pharmaceutically relevant compounds, we have focused on improving the economical viability and practicality of strained-silane Lewis acid activation. Towards these goals, the Leighton group has developed a new mode of anion catalysis to activate silane Lewis acids. Weakly coordinating anions have been used to access hyper-coordinate silicon species with unprecedented levels of reactivity, which have facilitated previously unattainable complex fragment couplings. A highly enantioselective and efficient method for anion catalyzed nucleophilic addition to aldehydes has enabled the synthesis of rationally designed, structurally simplified D-ring modified analogs of spongistatin 1. The completion of a step-economical route towards extremely potent, linker-handle equipped spongistatin 1 analogs and their application to targeted drug delivery will be discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:columbia.edu/oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/d8-ypj5-jh11 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Tekle-Smith, Makeda Aislinn |
| Source Sets | Columbia University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Theses |
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