Abstract
An enantioselective total synthesis of the pseudopeptide microbial agent AI-77-B, which has shown potent antiulcerogenic properties, is described. The synthesis is convergent and involves the assembly of a dihydroisocoumarin fragment and a hydroxy amino acid. The dihydroisocoumarin derivative was synthesised by means of a Diels-Alder reaction between 1-methoxy-1,3-cyclohexadiene and an alkynyl ester derivative as the dienophile. The alkynyl ester was obtained stereo-selectively by two different synthetic routes: (1) A stereoselective allylation of leucinal, and (2) a titanium enolate-mediated anti-aldol reaction with trichlorobutyraldehyde, a novel homopropargylaldehyde equivalent. The stereocentres of the hydroxy amino acid moiety were generated through a titanium enolate-mediated syn-aldol reaction, Curtius rearrangement, and application of Dondoni's aldehyde homo-logation. Condensation of the dihydroisocoumarin and hydroxy amino acid moieties and subsequent removal of the protecting groups furnished optically active AI-77-B.
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