Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.137, No.49, 15426-15429, 2015
Total Synthesis of (-)-Enigmazole A
A highly convergent, stereocontrolled total synthesis of the architecturally complex marine sponge metabolite (-)-enigmazole A has been achieved. Highlights include an unprecedented late-stage large-fragment Petasis-Ferrier union/rearrangement, a multicomponent Type I Anion Relay Chemistry (ARC) tactic, and a dithiane epoxide union in conjunction with an oxazole-directed stereoselective reduction.