著者

岡野 健太郎 徳山 英利 福山 透

出版者

天然有機化合物討論会

雑誌

天然有機化合物討論会講演要旨集

巻号頁・発行日

no.48, pp.175-180, 2006-09-15

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(+)-Yatakemycin (1), which was isolated from a culture broth of Streptomyces sp. TP-A0356, is an antitumor antibiotic that has a characteristic dienone cyclopropane ring found in duocarmycins and CC-1065. Among them, 1 has been shown to exhibit the most potent activity, and therefore has attracted a great deal of attention. The first total synthesis along with the revision of its structure and determination of the absolute configuration has recently been reported by Boger and co-workers. Herein, we describe an efficient total synthesis of 1 utilizing our copper-mediated amination for the construction of all five aryl-nitrogen bonds, allowing us to conduct a sub-gram-scale preparation of 1 in 16% overall yield over 17 steps (longest linear steps from the known starting compound 6). Synthesis of the left segment 3 commenced with dibromination of 6. Removal of the TFA group, and subsequent oxidation provided dihydroisoquinoline 7, which was readily converted to the cyclization precursor 9. The first amination reaction of 9 afforded indoline 10 with retention of the other bromo group. After conversion to the dehydroamino ester 12, the second amination was performed to provide dihydropyrroloindole 13. The Ns group and benzyl ester in 13 were then converted to Fmoc group and a methanethiol ester, respectively. Finally, an Fmoc-directed, regioselective demethylation was performed with BCl_3 to furnish the left segment 3. Our amination also proved to be highly effective for the construction of the middle segment 4. Cleavage of (S)-epichlorohydrin (18) with 2,6-dibromophenyllithium species 17 provided chlorohydrin 19, which was then converted to amination precursor 21. The crucial aryl amination took place smoothly to give tetrahydroquinoline 22. After Mizoroki-Heck reaction with a dehydroalanine derivative 23 and removal of the nosyl group, bromo group was introduced regioselectively. The second amination reaction at the sterically hindered position was achieved by using a stoichiometric amount of CuI to furnish the middle segment 4. The right-hand segment 5 was also prepared in a straightforward manner by using the aryl amination strategy. Three segments thus obtained were assembled to complete the total synthesis. After coupling of the middle segment 4 with the right segment 5, TBS ether 32 was converted into the mesylate 33. Subsequent hydrolysis provided 34, which was subjected to the condensation conditions with 3 without isolation. Two benzyl groups were then removed with BCl_3, in the presence of excess pentamethylbenzene as a scavenger of benzyl cation. Finally, spirocyclopropanation was carried out according to Boger's conditions to furnish (+)-1, which was identical in all respects to the natural product.