Total synthesis of Benanomicin-Pradimicin antibiotics

CARB 100

Keisuke Suzuki, ksuzuki@chem.titech.ac.jp, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, SORST-JST, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan
A regio- and stereoselective approach to total synthesis of the titled compounds will be discussed. Construction of the aglycon is achieved via: 1) diastereoselective ring opening of biaryl lactone; and 2) stereo-controlled semi-pinacol cyclization of acetal-aldehyde to give tetracyclic mono-protected diol, allowing regioselective introduction of the sugar moiety. Installation of the amino acid, hafnocene-promoted glycosylation, and construction of the E-ring completed the first total syntheses of benanomicins A, B and pradimicin A.