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Total Synthesis of BE-43472B. PhD Work with Prof. André B. Charette. The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California. The Scripps Research Institute. World's largest, private non-profit biomedical research facility Founded in 1961 by Frank Dixon, M.D. 289 Faculty members
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The Scripps Research Institute World's largest, private non-profit biomedical research facility Founded in 1961 by Frank Dixon, M.D. 289 Faculty members 815 Postdoctoral fellows 235 Graduate students 1,500 technical and administrative support personnel
The Scripps Research Institute K. C. Nicolaou - Chairman of chemistry dept. Barry K. Sharpless - Nobel laureate Phil S. Baran Dale Boger Carlos F. Barbas III Jin-Quan Yu Albert Eschenmoser Kim D. Jenda Richard Lerner Peter Schultz Julius Rebek Jr. Director, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
BE-43472B Isolated from marine streptomycete collected in Puerto Rico Chrysophanol dimer linked in tetrahydrofuran rings with an incorporated acetaldehyde molecule New structural class among known antimicrobial agents Socha, A. M.; Rowley D. C. et al. J. Nat. Prod. 2006, 69, 1070.
Chrysophanol Derivative Synthesis Hauser annulation
E-Reduction of Propargylic Alcohol 1st report by Corey in 1967 (LiAlH4 + 2 MeOH) Red-Al introduced 15 years later by Denmark
Quinone Michael Acceptor Synthesis hydrolysis happened in purification
Quinone Michael Acceptor Synthesis hydrolysis happened in purification
Quinone Michael Acceptor Synthesis hydrolysis happened in purification
Fragments Coupling Attempts Real system From model studies
1,4-Addition Attempts caused by in situ reducing metal?
Photochemical Epoxide Rearrangement Nicolaou, K. C.; Lim, Y.-H.; Becker, J.; Lemire, A.; Neubauer, T.; Montero, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 14812.
Acknowledgments Prof. K. C. Nicolaou Research group members Yee-Hwee Lim Jochen Becker