Organic Letters
Organic Letters
4 years ago

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Cephalotaxus Esters via Asymmetric Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Cephalotaxus Esters via Asymmetric Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction
Lu Liu, Wei-Dong Z. Li, Guo-Zhen Ma, Peng-Fei Li, Li Chen
We report a protocol for efficient stereoselective installation of the chiral oxygen-containing tetrasubstituted tertiary carbon stereocenter of the side chain of cephalotaxus esters by means of highly diastereoselective Mukaiyama aldol reactions between α-keto esters (2) and a (Z)-α-chloro ketene silyl acetal. This protocol permitted synthesis of cephalotaxus esters including six natural products in good to excellent yields (up to 94%) with high diastereoselectivities (dr up to 97:3) and could be performed on a multigram scale.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00743

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00743

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