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The asymmetric synthesis of (2S,3R)-capreomycidine and the total synthesis of capreomycin IB

Abstract

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An efficient and asymmetric synthesis of the non-proteinogenic amino acid (2S,3R)-capreomycidine is presented. The synthesis features a novel aluminum enolate-aldimine reaction with a chiral glycinate, which sets both stereocenters. A concise and high-yielding approach to the unnatural amino acid (2S,3S)-β-hydroxyornithine is also reported. The key step in this approach is a boron-mediated aldol reaction with a chiral glycinate. Additionally, the first asymmetric syntheses of α-formylglycine dimethyl and diethyl acetals are described. This two-step approach employs a novel titanium enolate of a chiral glycinate, followed by addition of the requisite trialkyl orthoformate to provide a single diastereomer of the glycinate adduct. Hydrogenolysis provides the optically pure acetal of α-formylglycine. Finally, the total synthesis of capreomyc in IB is described. The synthesis features the incorporation of the previously prepared (2S,3R)-capreomycidine. Additionally, the number of protecting group manipulations required in the synthesis has been greatly reduced by the utilization of asparagine in the peptide preparations as a masked precursor to diaminopropanoic acid. Conversion of the asparagine residue to the diaminopropanoic residue is accomplished by a Hofmann rearrangement.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemistry
Grantor dc:publisher
Colorado State University. Libraries
Year dc:date.issued
2003

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • DeMong, Duane Eugene, author
  • Williams, Robert M., advisor

Subjects

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Rights

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  • Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
Language dc:language.iso
eng, English

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DeMong, Duane Eugene, author; Williams, Robert M., advisor. The asymmetric synthesis of (2S,3R)-capreomycidine and the total synthesis of capreomycin IB. Doctoral thesis, Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/235862