(+)-Neopeltolide is a highly potent marine polyketide natural product with activity against multiple cancer cell lines in vitro. The nanomolar range of antifungal and anticancer cytotoxicity in this tetrahydropyran (THP)-containing polyketide, combined with its limited natural supply, has led to several syntheses. In this study, the feasibility of an oxa-Michael conjugate addition route to cis-2,6-THP rings is examined through the efforts toward a total synthesis of the macrocyclic core of (+)-neopeltolide using a highly convergent route. This study is based on the successful preliminary results with a simple 14-member ring model system and the synthesis of the key aldehyde intermediate shown below. The highlighted transformation of this synthesis will be a transannular oxa-conjugate addition to generate the cis-2,6-tetrahydropyran ring system. This route also highlights a highly convergent Wittig coupling to generate the full carbon framework of (+)-neopeltolide. One of the key goals of this project is to compare this synthesis with a chemo-enzymatic total synthesis that relies on chemistry catalyzed by polyketide synthase enzymes in the late stage of the synthesis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/23125 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Hari, Taylor P.A. |
| Contributors | Boddy, Christopher |
| Publisher | Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa |
| Source Sets | Université d’Ottawa |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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