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NATURE CHEMISTRY
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 248-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-01087-9
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In this study, a highly efficient iterative strategy for the synthesis of polyacetates based on boronic ester homologation was reported. It does not require functional group manipulation between iterations. This methodology has been applied to the synthesis of bahamaolide A and has demonstrated versatility in various stereospecific transformations.
Polyketide natural products often contain common repeat motifs, for example, propionate, acetate and deoxypropionate, and so can be synthesized by iterative processes. We report here a highly efficient iterative strategy for the synthesis of polyacetates based on boronic ester homologation that does not require functional group manipulation between iterations. This process involves sequential asymmetric diboration of a terminal alkene, forming a 1,2-bis(boronic ester), followed by regio-and stereoselective homologation of the primary boronic ester with a butenyl metallated carbenoid to generate a 1,3-bis(boronic ester). Each transformation independently controls the stereochemical configuration, making the process highly versatile, and the sequence can be iterated prior to stereospecific oxidation ofthe1,3-polyboronic ester to yield the 1,3-polyol. This methodology has been applied to a 14-step synthesis of the oxopolyene macrolide bahamaolide A, and the versatility of the 1,3-polyboronic esters has been demonstrated in various stereospecific transformations, leading to polyalkenes, -alkynes, -ketones and -aromatics with full stereocontrol.
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