Synthesis 2013; 45(10): 1300-1311
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317810
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Assembly of the Nosiheptide A-Ring: A Fruitful Lesson

Jin-Yong Lu
a   Technische Universität Dortmund, Fakultät Chemie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
b   Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
,
Matthias Riedrich
a   Technische Universität Dortmund, Fakultät Chemie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
b   Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
,
K. Philip Wojtas
c   Institut für Organische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany   Fax: +49(3641)948212   Email: hd.arndt@uni-jena.de
,
Hans-Dieter Arndt*
c   Institut für Organische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany   Fax: +49(3641)948212   Email: hd.arndt@uni-jena.de
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Publication History

Received: 15 February 2013

Accepted after revision: 21 March 2013

Publication Date:
25 April 2013 (online)


Abstract

The synthesis of a 28-membered thiopeptide macrocycle is described. Key steps are mild aza-Wittig thiazole ring closures, a scandium(III)-mediated regioselective ester hydrolysis, and a highly efficient macrolactam formation with its 3-hydroxypyridine nucleus orthogonally protected.

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