Studies aiming the total synthesis of Siphonodiol

Author(s)

Ricardo Machado Ellensohn

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ)
• Defense date: 2000-10-06

Examining board members

João Valdir Comasseto; Fernando Antônio Santos Coelho; Carlos Roque Duarte Correia; Liliana Marzorati; Hélio Alexandre Stefani

• Advisor: João Valdir Comasseto

Abstract

The main objective of this project consists in the total synthesis of Siphonodiol using reactions already systematically studied in our group. Siphonodiol is a natural product of the group of polyacetylenes which exhibits a potent antifungal activity. The enantioselective synthesis of the diol fragment was effected in three steps from ascorbic acid by means of a sequence of reduction-oxidation reactions already described in the literature. The others fragments were synthesized by cyclic ether ring opening reaction in acid media, protection/deprotecting reactions with silicon reagents, transmetalation reactions and coupling reactions with vinylic tellurides and, the key step to obtain the Siphonodiol, the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz coupling reaction. The synthetic strategy to the synthesis of Siphonodiol is presents bellow. (AU)