Franco Bellesia, Seoung-ryoung Choi, Fulvia Felluga, Giuliano Fiscaletti, Franco Ghelfi, Maria Cristina Menziani, Andrew F Parsons, C Dale Poulter, Fabrizio Roncaglia, Massimo Sabbatini, Domenico Spinelli
A new practical route to chaetomellic acid A (ACA), based on the copper catalysed radical cyclization (RC) of (Z)-3-(2,2-dichloropropanoyl)-2-pentadecylidene-1,3-thiazinane, is described. Remarkably, the process entailed: (i) a one-pot preparation of the intermediate N-α-perchloroacyl-2-(Z)-alkyliden-1,3-thiazinanes starting from N-(3-hydroxypropyl)palmitamide, (ii) a two step smooth transformation of the RC products into ACA and (iii) only one intermediate chromatographic purification step. The method offers a versatile approach to the preparation of ACA analogues, through the synthesis of an intermediate maleic anhydride with a vinylic group at the end of the aliphatic tail, a function that can be transformed through a thiol-ene coupling...
January 1, 2013: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry