Fangjun Xiong, Haifeng Wang, Lingjie Yan
Sep 23, 2015
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Organic & biomolecular chemistry
Abstract
An efficient and concise asymmetric synthesis of pitavastatin calcium (1) starting from commercially available (S)-epichlorohydrin is described. A convergent C1 + C6 route allowed for the assembly of the pitavastatin C7 side chain via a Wittig reaction between phosphonium salt 2 and the enantiomerically pure C6-formyl side chain 3. The 1,3-syn-diol acetal motif in 3 was established with excellent stereo control by a diastereoselective bismuth-promoted two-component hemiacetal/oxa-Michael addition reaction of (S)-α,β-unsaturated ketone 4 with acetaldehyde.