Studies toward the syntheses of omuralide and salinosporamide A utilizing a [3+2] annulation strategy

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Antonio Romero, antonior@uci.edu and Keith A. Woerpel. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2025
Omuralide and salinosporamide A are proteosome inhibitors which have recently received a lot of attention for their biological properties. The core structure of these two compounds is a beta-hydroxy-gamma-lactam. We wish to report our progress toward the syntheses of these two substrates utilizing a recently developed [3+2] annulation of alpha-siloxy allylsilanes and chlorosulfonyl isocyanate. The diastereoselective [3+2] annulation affords a highly substituted gamma-lactam which may be transformed into the beta-hydroxy-gamma-lactam core.