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The Hexacyclinol Incident

Adam HoyeCurrent LiteratureSept. 16th, 2006

La Clair, J. J., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 2769-2773 + supporting info.Rychnovsky, S. D., Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2895-2898

Porco, J. A. Jr.; Su. S.; Lei, X.; Bardhan, S.; Rychnovsky, S. D., Angew. Chem. Int.Ed. 2006, 45, 5790-5792

Hexacyclinol (Gräfe)

Isolated in 2002 as a metabolite from fungal strain Ranus rudis HKI 0254(Antiproliferative activity against L-929 cells and inhibition of respiratory burstactivity in PMNL)

Structure determined by mass spectrometry, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C,DEPT, COSY, HMQC, HMBC, NOESY), and IR.

OO

CH3

H3C

H

O

OH

CH3

H3C OCH3

O

H

O

H

H

Schlegel, B.; Härtl, A.; Dahse, H-M; Gollmick, F. A.; Gräfe, U.; J. Antibiot. 2002, 55, 814

La Clair- Initial Hexacyclinol Observations

J. J. La Clair- previously unpublished results

O

OH

OO

O

OOO

OR

OO

O

O

OH

OO

O

OO

in vacuo, neat, 95%

O2, rose bengal, h!,89%

desoxohexacyclinol 5-epi-hexacyclinol hexacyclinol

La Clair, J. J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 2769-2773

La Clair’s Synthesis

OAcHO

OAcOtBu

OAcAcO

OAc Enzymatic Hydrolysis

1. AcOH, AcO2, perchloric acid2. O3

3. NaBH44. Ac2O/pyridine

28%

7% recovered yield, 95%ee

12 3

(from norbornadiene)

Baumgarten, H. E., Org Synth. 1973, 5, 151Tanaka, M.; Norimine, Y.; Fujita, T.; Suemune, H. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 6952-6957

OAcHO

OAc

1. TBSCl, imid., DMAP2. NH3, MeOH

3. NsCl, pyr.ONsTBSO

OH NaCN, DMSO, 85°C

CNTBSO

OH

72% from 3

methyl vinyl ether,Br2, then 5, 2,6-lutidine67%

CNTBSO

O

O

Br1. NaHMDS, THF,-78°C to rt

2. NaHMDS, THF,-78°C to -40°C, thenPh3CCO2H

67%

TBSO

O

O

HCNH

11:1 ratio of cyanide diastereomers

DIBAL-H, toluene,-78°C to rt

TBSO

O

O

HO

(TMSSCH2)2CH2,ZnBr2, CH2Cl2

TBSO

O

O

H SS

59% from 7

1. HCl, THF (aq)

TBSO

O

O

H SS

68% (4 steps)

34

5

67

8

9 9a

TBSO

O

O

H SS

10

1. LiOH, THF (aq.)

2. PPh3, DIAD, CH2Cl22. slow add'n of Ag2Oin parrafin, CH2Cl2

La Clair’s Synthesis

TBSO

O

O

H SS

LDA, HMPA, -78°C

TBSO

O

H SS

OLi

Lithen nBuLi,

-78°C to -60°C, 2 hr

O

OOMOM

Li

O

O

OMOMHO

O

O

OMOMO

O

TPAP, NMO

Slow add'n

TBSO

O

HS

S

O

O

OMOM

O

HO

TBSO

O

HS

S

O

O

OMOM

O

HO

PhSH, PEt3,

DEAD, CH2Cl2

94%

TBSO

O

HS

S

O

O

OMOM

O

PhS

62%

19%

10 11

12

1314

15a

15b

16

La Clair’s Synthesis

TBSO

O

HSS

O

O

OMOM

O

PhSLDA

1. mCPBA

2. CSA (0.2 eq),tBuOMe (aq)

TBSO

O

HSS

O

O

OMOM

O

PhS

R

TBSO

O

H

O

O

OMOM

O

S

R

OR=COCH3

R=COCH3

O

Ph

then CH3COCN

TMSCl, H2O97%

94%92%

TBSO

O

H

OR

O

R=COCH3

SOPh

OH

OO

TBSO

O

H

O

SOPh

O

O

OH

O

TBSO

O

H

O

SOPh

O

O

X

O

OH

MsCl, NEt3

TBSO

O

H

O O

O

O

SOPh

X=OMs, Cl

1. PhSNa, MeOHTESO

TBSO O O

SPh O

O

OO

O60-70°C, DMF

92%

TESO

TBSO O O

O

OO

O

16

1718

19a19b

20 21 22

76%

2.TESOTf, 2,6-lutidine82%

13

17

1813

17

18

19

19

6

6

18

18

O

O

La Clair’s Synthesis

1. KHMDS, then (BtS)2

2. oxone, wet 1,4-dioxane

87%

TESO

O O

O

OO

O

BtS

OO

TBSO

1. TBAF

2. DMP

TESO

O O

O

OO

O

BtS

OO

O

DBU, DMAP (slow add'n),-40°C to rt72% from 23

O O

O

O

O

OR

O

O O

O

O

O

OR

OO

O

OR

OO

O

HO

O

OR

OO

O

O

KHMDS, -78°ˇC then 28, -78°C to rt2. cat. H2SiF2 (aq.),CH3CN/tBuOH

SO O

O

OH

OO

OO2, rose bengal

MeOH, h!

82%O

OH

OO

O

OO

KOTMS, THF

-10°C to 35°C69%

R = TESR = TES

R = TES

76% from 27

NN

NN

Ph

TESO

TBSO O O

O

OO

O

2223 24

2526

27

28

29

5-epi-Hexacyclinol (30)

5

Bt= Benzothiazole

MnO2

1.

R = TES

Ph3COOH,L-diisopropyltartrate

CH2Cl2, PhMe

La Clair’s Synthesis

O

OH

OO

O

OOO

OR

OO

O

O

OH

OO

O

OO

in vacuo, neat, 95%

O2, rose bengal, h!,89%

desoxohexacyclinol 5-epi-hexacyclinol hexacyclinol

Overall a 0.8% yielding 39 step synthesis

…but several unusual features…

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…but several unusual features…

Quantities synthesized:

so to make 3.6 g of final product (9.3 mmol) from 1 mol of diacetatecompound, which is synthesized in 1% yield from norbornadiene,which corresponds to 100 moles or 10,700 grams ($0.31/g, so$3,320 for s.m.)

Questionable Steps:

TBSO

O

HS

S

O

O

OMOM

O

HO

TBSO

O

HS

S

O

O

OMOM

O

HO

PhSH, PEt3,

DEAD, CH2Cl2

94% TBSO

O

HS

S

O

O

OMOM

O

PhS

15a

15b

16

O

OH

OO

O

OOO

OR

OO

O

O

OH

OO

O

OO

in vacuo, neat, 95%

O2, rose bengal, h!,89%

desoxohexacyclinol 5-epi-hexacyclinol hexacyclinol

…but several unusual features…

Supporting information:

3.6 grams synthesized and no 13C NMR spectrum? Intermediate characterization?

not included

1H NMR Spectra

synthetic hexacyclinol

natural hexacyclinol

Rychnovsky, S. D. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2895-2898

Rychnovsky’s Investigation

Validation of the structure of Hexacyclinol:Using 13C NMR data:

-chemical shifts are spread over a wide range -relatively insensitive to solvent changes-sensitive to steric and electronic influences in the structure

Precedence:David Forsyth applied MM3 geometry and evaluated NMR shiftsusing GIAO with the B3LYP method and a specialized basis setto achieve an average 2.3 ppm deviation from experimentalvalues. Bifulco found that the HF/6-31G(d) method was superiorfor nonpolar compounds, however highly oxygenated compounds(like hexacyclinol) had not been investigated.

13C NMR calculation data

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

ppm

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

ppm

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

ppm

O

OH

O

Me

MeH

MeH

Me

Elisapterosin B

O

O

Me

O

O

OMe

Me

Maoecrystal V

H

Me

O

O

Me

OH

Me H

Me

Me

Elisabethin A

∆ δ= 1.9 ppm (3.8 ppm max)

∆ δ= 1.2 ppm (3.7 ppm max)

∆ δ= 1.4 ppm (3.8 ppm max)

13C NMR calculation data

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

ppm

∆ δ= 6.8 ppm (22.0 ppm max)

O

O O O

O

OH

O

H

Gräfe Hexacyclinol

Structure proposal

Isolation artifact:

O

OH

H

O

O

OOH

OH

OH

O

OH

H

O

O

HO

O

OH

OH

O

OH

H

O

O

HO

O

O

O

OH

H

O

O

O

O

H H H

HO

OH

H

O

O

O

OH

O

panepophenanthrin(x-ray structure)

H+

H+MeOH

Proposed strcture for Hexacyclinol

Proposed structure validation

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

ppm

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

ppm

OO

OH

H

OO

O

O

∆ δ= 2.8 ppm (9.5 ppm max)

∆ δ= 1.8 ppm (5.2 ppm max)

Porco’s Initial Investigation

Therefore hexacyclinol not an isolation artifact of panepophenantherin

O

OH

H

O

O

OOH

OH

OH

O

OH

H

O

O

HO

O

OH

OH

O

OH

H

O

O

HO

O

O

O

OH

H

O

O

O

O

H H H

HO

OH

H

O

O

O

OH

O

panepophenanthrin(x-ray structure)

H+

H+MeOH

Proposed strcture for Hexacyclinol

O

OH

H

O

O

OOH

OH

OH

H

H+, MeOH

OO

OH

H

OO

O

O

Porco, J. A. Jr.; Su, X.; Lei, X.; Bardhan, S.; Rychnovsky, S. D.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5790-5792

Porco’s Panepophenanthrin

Lei, X.; Johnson, R. P,; Porco, J. A. Jr. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 3913-3917

OOBr

OTBS

OOO

OTBS

O

Me

MeHO

OH

O

Me

MeHO

O

OH

O

Me

Me

O

HO

O

Me MeOH

Me MeO

OH

OOO

OHH

O

O

O

OH

OH

H

O

OHH

O

O

OOH

OH

OH

H

[4+2]

HF, CH3CN

Pd(OAc)2, Ag2CO3

2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol,DMF, 90°C

80%

OMeBr

OHO

BrOO1. PhI(OAc)2, 96%

2. 1,3-propanediol,BF3·ˇOEt2, 75%

1. Ph3COOH, NaHMDS,L-DIPT, 4-Å MS, 80%

2. LiEt3BH, 98%3. DIAD, 4-nitrobenzoic acid,then NaOMe, MeOH, 80%4. TBSCl, imidazole, 90%

H+

-H2O

40%

OH

O

Me

MeHO

O

20%

OO

HO

H

R

O

OH

OHR

HH

8 step synthesis, 16.2% yieldKey [4+2] dimerization

Porco’s Hexacyclinol

-13C NMR data matches that of authentic material-10 steps, 38% overall yield

OOBr

OH

O

Br

OTES

O

O

SnBu3Me

MeMeO

OTBS

O

OMe

Me

MeO1. K10 clay, 98%

2. Et3SiCl, 2,6-lutidine,DMAP, 83%

Pd2dba3, AsPh3,96%

O

OH

H

O

O

MeO

O

OH

OMe

H

1. Et3N·HF, CH3CN2. neat, rt, 87% (2 steps)

OO

OH

H

OO

O

O

K10 clay, EtOAc

99%

(+)-Hexacyclinol

Conclusion

- Structure of Hexacyclinol was confirmed by computational methodscombined with synthesis- matches (13C NMR) data of authentic material-Following Porco publication, La Clair re-named ‘deoxohexacyclinol’ asdesoxoudol- claiming the 2 structures gave rise to similar 1H NMR spectradue to similar functionality and connectivity-La Clair has said a future publication is forthcoming to address voicedconcerns of original synthesis (1 year).

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Lessons we can take home from this?

C & E News, July 31, 2006, p. 11

"Occasionally, blatantly wrong science ispublished, and to the credit of syntheticchemistry, the corrections usually come quicklyand cleanly," comments Harvard Universitychemistry professor E. J. Corey

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