Four fluorescent non-natural aromatic amino acids have been synthesized based on a key stereoselective Michael addition reaction. S-1-phenylethylamine was employed as both the source of amine and the stereoselectivity controller. The overall yields were moderate (30-50%). Fluorescent properties of some of the fluorophores were also investigated. It was found that compounds with a dimethylamino ...

An asymmetric synthesis of the C(9)-C(25) spiroketal fragment of calyculin C is described. Key steps include two crotylation reactions using successively Brown's reagent and (Z)-crotyltrifluorosilane for the formation of the anti, anti, anti stereotetrad, ynone formation by a Pd-catalyzed coupling of a thiol ester with a terminal alkyne and a double intramolecular hetero-Michael addition for th...

The enantioselective syntheses of deoxydihydrokalafungin (5), cis-deoxydihydrokalafungin (6) and deoxykalafungin (7) are reported. The strategy was based on 4 key reactions: (1) CBS reduction of prochiral ketone 10 to introduce chirality at C-1, (2) radical allylation of quinone 9a, (3) cross-metathesis of dimethoxynaphthalene 13 with methyl acrylate, and (4) intramolecular oxa-Michael addition...

Four novel paulomycin derivatives have been isolated from S. albus J1074 grown in MFE culture medium. These compounds are structural analogs of antibiotics 273a2α and 273a2β containing a thiazole moiety, probably originated through an intramolecular Michael addition. The novel, thiazole, moiety-containing paulomycins show a lower antibiotic activity than paulomycins A and B against Gram-positiv...

We describe here a Tf₂NH-catalyzed formal (3+3) cycloaddition of silyl enol ethers with acrylates as a new domino reaction. In the domino sequence, the catalyst activates Michael addition, deprotonation of the resulting silyloxonium cation and intramolecular Claisen condensation. It was found that reaction modes significantly depend on the reaction temperature. We also examined the mechanistic ...

A one-pot, two step synthesis of highly substituted imidazoles has been carried out in good to excellent yields for the first time via a cascade intermolecular aza-SN2'-intramolecular aza-Michael addition involving a variety of Morita-Baylis-Hillman acetates of nitroalkenes and amidines in the presence of DABCO at room temperature. The synthetic and biological utility of the products has been d...

The asymmetric synthesis of the orthogonally funtionalised compounds tert-butyl 2-N-benzyl-N-alpha-methylbenzylamino-5-methoxycarbonylmethylcyclopentane- 1-carboxylate and methyl 2-N-benzyl-N-alpha-methylbenzylamino-5-carboxymethylcyclo- pentane-1-carboxylate by a domino reaction of tert-butyl methyl (E,E)-octa-2,6- diendioate with lithium N-alpha-methylbenzyl-N-benzylamide initiated by a Micha...

Abstract: This lecture describes some of our studies of lithio derivatives of allyl sulfone carbanions which add α-regioselectively as well as anti diastereoselectively to Michael acceptor olefins. This can be ascribed to chelation in the Michael addition step. When the reaction leads to subsequent ring closure by using a bromoallyl sulfone, the latter acts as a methylenemethane synthon in a (3...