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New Tools for Organic Synthesis and Natural Product Characterization

New Tools for Organic Synthesis and Natural Product Characterization. Christina LeGay Derksen Research Group St. Francis Xavier University . Polyketides : What are they? . Secondary Metabolites Often Biologically & Pharmacologically active Erthromycin A – antibiotic .

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New Tools for Organic Synthesis and Natural Product Characterization

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  1. New Tools for Organic Synthesis and Natural Product Characterization Christina LeGay DerksenResearch Group St. Francis Xavier University

  2. Polyketides: What are they? • Secondary Metabolites • Often Biologically & Pharmacologically active • ErthromycinA – antibiotic

  3. Polyketides: What are they? • Amphotericin B – antifungal drug • PelorusideA – antimitotic agent

  4. Polyketide Preparation • Specific stereochemistry can be achieved by the use of chiral auxiliaries: ex. Evans’ Auxiliary: • Advantages: popular, well-established, versatile, pre-made auxiliaries available • Disadvantages: adds steps, chromatography required, need stoichiometric amounts of auxiliary

  5. Organocatalysis • ProlineAldol: • Advantages: cheap, catalytic, good enantiomeric excess, avoids use of toxic transition metals • Disadvantages: limited substrate scope, often poor diastereomeric ratio

  6. Our Approach • Subject the subunits to Asymmetricretro-aldol catalysis • Catalyst requirements: stereoselective, wide substrate scope, fast reaction, good yield

  7. Our Approach • Synthesis of model polyketide subunits • Base-catalyzed aldol addition • Advantages: very cheap, fairly quick, good yield • Disadvantages: racemic mixture, chromatography required • Reformatsky • Advantages: solvent free, very simple reaction, wide substrate scope • Disadvantages: chromatography required

  8. Nature’s Precedent • Aldolases: catalytic aldol reaction • Fructose Bisphosphate– catalyzes reversible retro-aldol

  9. Chemical Literature Precedent • Rapamycin: immunosuppressant drug

  10. Chemical Literature Precedent • Rodriguez and Zweifel: Retro-Aldol of R106-1

  11. Proof of Concept • Significant product formed using NaOH and HCl as catalysts in ethanol

  12. Our Progress (cont’d) • Methylene substrates – how they’re made (solvent free Reformatsky), include rxns that didn’t work, product trace <5%

  13. Our Progress (cont’d) • Dimethyl substrates – no elimination, EW & ED groups

  14. Our Progress (cont’d) • X groups on Darren’s aldol product – results of having EW & ED groups on either side

  15. Summary • Results, which substrates/solvents/acid/base works best

  16. Mechanistic Insights • Groups encouraging the Retro-Aldol products (desired): • Groups encouraging the Elimination products (undesired):

  17. Future Work • Hammett Plots of aryl substituents • Catalyst screens with best substrate • Asymmetric ligands on catalysts (H3PO4 catalysts)

  18. Acknowledgments • St. Francis Xavier University • CFI • Merck-Frost • …

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