Towards the total synthesis of kidamycin

ORGN 717

ZhongBo Fei, zfei2@emory.edu and Frank E. McDonald, fmcdona@emory.edu. Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322
Kidamycin 1 is a representative member of the pluramycin family of anticancer antibiotic natural products. We are studying the total synthesis of kidamycin by a strategy of direct sequential glycosylation of angolosamine glycosyl donor 3 and vancosamine glycosyl donor 4 to the core aglycone synthon 2, which we reported in 2005. Both glycosyl donors 3 and 4 have been synthesized by applying our tungsten catalyzed cycloisomerization of alkynols into glycals. The introduction of angolosamine glycosyl donor 3 to 2 has been achieved, and the total synthesis of kidamycin is in progress.

 

Total Synthesis, Materials, Molecular Recognition, Process R&D, and Physical Organic Chemistry
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Sci-Mix

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006