Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B

Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 2014.

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Main Author: Armbrust, Kurt W. (Kurt Willes)
Other Authors: Timothy F. Jamison.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93032
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spelling mit-1721.1/930322019-04-09T15:33:04Z Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B Armbrust, Kurt W. (Kurt Willes) Timothy F. Jamison. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry. Chemistry. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. CHAPTER I. Rhodium-Catalyzed Epoxide-Opening Cascades: Formal Synthesis of (-)-Brevisin [chemical formula inserted] [Rh(CO)₂Cl]₂ was found to be an effective catalyst for endo-selective cyclizations and cascades of epoxy-(E)-enoate alcohols, thus enabling the synthesis of oxepanes and oxepanecontaining polyethers from di- and trisubstituted epoxides. Syntheses of the ABC and EF ring systems of (-)-brevisin via all endo-diepoxide-opening cascades using this method constitute a formal total synthesis and demonstrate the utility of this methodology in the context of the synthesis of marine ladder polyether natural products CHAPTER II. Synthetic Studies Toward Hemibrevetoxin B [chemical formula inserted] We report progress toward a biomimetic epoxide-opening cascade of the marine ladder polyether hemibrevetoxin B. Model studies demonstrate the ability of both [Rh(CO)₂Cl]₂ and cationic Rh(I) species to override the typical exo-directing of proximal methyl groups on in epoxy alcohol cyclizations for the synthesis of oxepanes. The synthesis of tri-epoxide cascade precursor and initial investigations toward an epoxide-opening cascade are described as well. by Kurt W. Armbrust. Ph. D. 2015-01-20T17:56:05Z 2015-01-20T17:56:05Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93032 899241579 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 279 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Chemistry.
Armbrust, Kurt W. (Kurt Willes)
Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B
title Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B
title_full Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B
title_fullStr Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B
title_full_unstemmed Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B
title_short Rhodium-catalyzed epoxide-opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin B
title_sort rhodium catalyzed epoxide opening cascades toward brevisin and hemibrevetoxin b
topic Chemistry.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93032
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