https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/NP/C8NP00092A

Marine natural products.

The direct functionalization of C-H bonds in organic compounds has recently emerged as a powerful and ideal method for the formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds. This Review provides an overview of C-H bond functionalization strategies for the rapid synthesis of biologically active compounds such as natural products and pharmaceutical targets.

C-H bond functionalization: emerging synthetic tools for natural products and pharmaceuticals

In studying the evolution of organic chemistry and grasping its essence, one comes quickly to the conclusion that no other type of reaction plays as large a role in shaping this domain of science than carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The Grignard, Diels-Alder, and Wittig reactions are but three prominent examples of such processes, and are among those which have undeniably exercised decisive roles in the last century in the emergence of chemical synthesis as we know it today. In the last quarter of the 20th century, a new family of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions based on transition-metal catalysts evolved as powerful tools in synthesis. Among them, the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are the most prominent. In this Review, highlights of a number of selected syntheses are discussed. The examples chosen demonstrate the enormous power of these processes in the art of total synthesis and underscore their future potential in chemical synthesis.

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions in total synthesis.

4.2.8. Reductive Coupling 3109 5. Reaction of Aromatic Compounds 3110 5.1. Electrophilic Substitutions 3110 5.2. Radical Substitution 3111 5.3. Oxidative Coupling 3111 5.4. Photochemical Reactions 3111 6. Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds 3111 6.1. Nucleophilic Additions 3111 6.1.1. Allylation 3111 6.1.2. Propargylation 3120 6.1.3. Benzylation 3121 6.1.4. Arylation/Vinylation 3121 6.1.5. Alkynylation 3121 6.1.6. Alkylation 3121 6.1.7. Reformatsky-Type Reaction 3122 6.1.8. Direct Aldol Reaction 3122 6.1.9. Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction 3124 6.1.10. Hydrogen Cyanide Addition 3125 6.2. Pinacol Coupling 3126 6.3. Wittig Reactions 3126 7. Reaction of R,â-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds 3127

Organic Reactions in Aqueous Media with a Focus on Carbon−Carbon Bond Formations: A Decade Update

The design and implementation of cascade reactions is a challenging facet of organic chemistry, yet one that can impart striking novelty, elegance, and efficiency to synthetic strategies. The application of cascade reactions to natural products synthesis represents a particularly demanding task, but the results can be both stunning and instructive. This Review highlights selected examples of cascade reactions in total synthesis, with particular emphasis on recent applications therein. The examples discussed herein illustrate the power of these processes in the construction of complex molecules and underscore their future potential in chemical synthesis.

Cascade reactions in total synthesis.

A systematic investigation of the stereoselectivity associated with coupling reactions involving the allylindium reagent and 6-substituted 2-hydroxy-1-tetralones is presented. In each instance, the allylations were carried out in water, 50% aqueous THF, and dry THF. The extent of 1,2-induction was found to be highest in THF−H2O (1:1) and to favor the trans diol isomer. Somewhat lower levels of stereochemical bias in the same direction were observed in pure water. However, further erosion of this trend was noted for those reactions performed in THF, such that a modest crossover in product distribution became apparent in certain examples. On the basis of competition experiments, both reaction trajectories give evidence of proceeding via chelated intermediates. The extent of stereoinduction was found to be in line with the normal predilection of 2-cyclohexenones for axial attack, which is the process believed to be beset with minimal torsional effects. The substituents situated para to the ketone carbonyl do...

Allylindation of 6‐Substituted 2‐Hydroxy‐1‐tetralones in Aqueous and Organic Media. Stereochemistry and Competition Studies.

Synthese du compose du titre a partir d'5-isopropyl-2-methylcyclopent-1-ene carbaldehyde via la transposition Claisen d'un derive de cyclopenta pyrane en derive de cyclopenta cyclooctene

Synthetic Studies on Basmane Diterpenes. Enantiospecific Total Synthesis of (+)-7,8-Epoxy-2-basmen-6-one by Claisen Ring Expansion.

The bicyclic keto lactone 26 was synthesized for the purpose of developing a viable route to marine diterpenes of the crenulatan type. Following the efficient conversion of (S)-citronellol (5) to the allylated alcohol 9a (Scheme 2), the αβ-unsaturated lactone 12 was efficiently accessed in preparation for stereocontrolled conjugate addition. The hydroxymethyl equivalent most suited to this task was (i-PrO)Me2SiCH2MgCl, which gave 13 predominantly in the presence of CuI and Me3SiCl. Once the OH group was deprotected ( 14), it proved an easy matter to implement acid-catalyzed isomerization to lactone 15, oxidation of which gave the pivotal aldehyde 16. Condensation of 16 with PhSeCH2Li led via21 to 22 (Scheme 3). Once the OH group was protected ( 22b), it proved possible to effect aldolization with crotonaldehyde ( 23). Exposure of 23 to acid gave the sub-target compound 25. Its subsequent oxidation and thermal activation resulted in sequential selenoxide elimination with Claisen rearrangement ( 26). The structural features of 26 require that a chair-like transition state be adopted during the [3.3]sigmatropic event. With the clarification of these issues, a highly serviceable and more advanced assault on the crenulatans should prove capable of being mounted.

Leo A. Paquette

Papers

Allylindation of 6‐Substituted 2‐Hydroxy‐1‐tetralones in Aqueous and Organic Media. Stereochemistry and Competition Studies.

Synthetic Studies on Basmane Diterpenes. Enantiospecific Total Synthesis of (+)-7,8-Epoxy-2-basmen-6-one by Claisen Ring Expansion.

Total Synthesis of Crenulatan Diterpenes: Strategy and Stereocontrolled Construction of a Bicyclic Keto-Lactone Building Block.

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of the Cyclophilin‐Binding Immunosuppressive Agent Sanglifehrin A.

Interaction of Walsh orbitals in trishomocycloheptatrienes and related hydrocarbons