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A Synthesis of (+)-FR182877, Featuring Tandem Transannular Diels-Alder Reactions
Inspired by a Postulated Biogenesis
David A. Vosburg, Christopher D. Vanderwal, and Erik J. Sorensen
Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037
Presented by Michael Elbaum
Dr. Erik J. Sorensen
• Born and raised in upstate NY• Received B.S. in chemistry for Syracuse
University• As a graduate student at UC San Diego,
coauthored Classics in Total Synthesis• In 1995 received his PhD under Dr. K. C.
Nicolaou• 1995-1997 was a NSF postdoc under Dr. Samuel
Danishefsky at The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NY
• In 2001 became Associate Professor at The Scripps Research Institute
• Currently at Princeton Univeristy
(+)-FR182877
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- Used in cancer therapy
- Member of secondary metabolites that bind and stabilize cellular microtubules
- Exhibits potency comparable to Taxol
- No Prior Synthesis
- 12 stereo centers
- Strained bridgehead alkene
Retrosynthesis: Biosynthetic Pathway
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Stille Coupling
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Stille Cross-Coupling
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Forward Synthesis
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Forward Synthesis
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Coupling C1 C19
Tandem Diels-Alder
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Tandem Diels-Alder
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Forward Synthesis
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Conclusion
• Biogenetic pathways for the synthesis of complex natural products can provide insight into the synthesis
• Synthesis of polyunsaturated macrocycle can undergo cyclization to form complex molecules
• Diastereoselectrivity is intrinsic to the Diels-Alder cyclization
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