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Total Synthesis of Taxol

K.C. Nicolaou, Z. Yang, J.J. Liu, H. Ueno, P.G.Nantermet, R.K. Guy, C.F. Claiborne, J. Renaud,E.A. Couladouros, K. Paulvannan, E.J. Sorenson

Nature. 1994, 367, 630

K.C. Nicolaou• Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou born in

Cyprus 1946• B.Sc. 1969: Bedford College• Ph.D. 1972: University College

London under F. Sondheim and P.J.Garratt

• Post-doc 1973 with T.J. Katz(Columbia) and 1976 E.J. Corey(Harvard)

• 1976-1989: UPenn faculty• 1989-present: Faculty at UC San

Diego and The Scripps ResearchInstitute

http://www.scripps.edu/nicolaou/

Taxol

• Extracted from the bark of the Pacific Yew tree• Used for the treatment of ovarian, breast, lung and

melanoma cancer

OH

O

AcO O

HO OBzH OAc

OHN

O

Ph O

OHPh

Retrosynthetic Analysis

Forward Synthesis

OO

O B

O

EtO2C

Ph

[4+2]O

OO B

O

EtO2C

Ph

HO OH

OOH

HOH

HOEtO2C

OO

OHO

EtO

OH

CO2Et

HO O

OHO

PhB(OH)2, PhH

HO OH

+

OO

OHO

EtO

OH

Forward Synthesist-BuMe2SiOTf

2,6-lutidineDMAPCH2Cl2

O

OTBSO

EtO

OTBS

LiAlH4, Et2O

O

OTBS

HO

OTBS

O OO

O

OAcO

EtO

OH

CSACH2Cl2, MeOH

O

OH

OTBSO

OH

O

OH

OTBSO

TPSClimidazole

DMF

TPSOKH

PhCH2Brn-Bu4NI

Et2O

O

OBn

OTBSO

TPSO

Forward Synthesis

O

OBn

OTBSO

TPSO

LiAlH4Et2O

OBn

OH

TPSO

OHOH

MeO OMeCSA

CH2Cl2, Et2O

OBn

O

TPSO

OHO

TPAP, NMOCH3CN

OBn

O

TPSO

OO

Shapiro ReactionOBn

O

TPSO

OO

+

OTBS

NNHSO2Ar

n-BuLiTHF

TBSOOBn

OH H O

O

TPSO

OBnO

OOTBS

NNHSO2Ar

n-BuLiTHF

OTBS

Li

H

OLi

HH H

OTPS

NuRe face

Si face

Sharpless Epoxidation

TBSOOBn

OH H O

O

TPSO VO(acac)2t-BuOOHbenzene

TBSOOBn

OH H O

O

TPSO

O

LiAlH4, Et2O

TBSOOBn

OH H O

O

TPSO

HO

KHEt2O, HMPA

COCl2

TBSOOBn

H O

O

TPSO

O O

O

TBAF, THF

HOOBn

H O

O

HO

O O

O

McMurry CouplingHO

OBn

H O

O

HO

O O

O

TPAP, NMOCH3CN, CH2Cl2

OOBn

H O

O

O

O O

O

TiCl3 (DME)Zn-CuDME

OBn

H O

OO O

O

HO OH

Kinetic resolution

Ac2O, DMAPCH2Cl2

OBn

H O

OO O

O

AcO OH

TPAP, NMOCH3CN

OBn

H O

OO O

O

AcO O

Forward Synthesis

OBn

H O

OO O

O

AcO OOBn

H O

OO O

O

AcO OBH3 THF

H2O2, NaHCO3

OH

HCl, MeOHH2O

OBn

H OH

OHO O

O

AcO O

OH

OBn

H OH

OAcO O

O

AcO O

OH

Ac2O, DMAPCH2Cl2

H2, Pd(OH)2(C)EtOAc

OH

H OH

OAcO O

O

AcO O

OH

Forward Synthesis

OH

H OH

OAcO O

O

AcO O

OH

TESClpyridine

OTES

H OH

OAcO O

O

AcO O

OH

K2CO3MeOH

OTES

H OH

OHO O

O

AcO O

OH

TMSClpyridine

CH2Cl2

OTES

H OH

OTMSO O

O

AcO O

OH

OTES

H OH

OTMSO O

O

AcO O

OTf

Tf2Oi-PrNEtCH2Cl2

Forward Synthesis

OTES

H OH

OTMSO O

O

AcO O

OTf

CSAMeOH

OTES

HO O

O

AcO O

OOH

Ac2O, DMAPCH2Cl2

OTES

HO O

O

AcO O

OOAc

C6H5LiTHF

OTES

HHOBzO

AcO O

OOAc

OTES

HHOBzO

AcO O

OOAc

PCCNaOAcbenzene O

Forward Synthesis

OTES

HHOBzO

AcO O

OOAc

O

OTES

HHOBzO

AcO O

OOAc

NaBH4MeOH

HONBzO

PhTESO

NaN(SiMe3)2THF

OTES

HHOBzO

AcO O

OOAc

O

O

PhOTES

NHPh

O

HF pyridineTHF

OH

HHO HO

AcO O

OOAc

O

O

PhOH

NHPh

O

Taxol

Conclusion

“Offers a solution to formidable synthetic challenge”• Convergent synthesis• Took two years from conception to completion• “May enable researchers to devise more effective,

less toxic drugs of the taxol class” (C&EN, vol. 72,pp. 32-43)

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