A. N. Lowell, Michael W. Fennie, M. Kozlowski
Jul 18, 2011
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
The central portion of purpuromycin has been assembled via a classical spiroketalization reaction. Key to promoting this reaction mode versus benzofuran formation was the oxidation state of the spiroketal core. With a higher oxidation state, even the electron-deficient isocoumarin found in purpuromycin could be employed directly in the spiroketalization. The two halves of the spiroketalization precursor were joined via a nitrile oxide/styrene 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. A very mild selenium dioxide oxidation was used to introduce the required oxidation state of the spiroketal core.