A STEREODIVERGENT ACCESS TO NATURALLY-OCCURRING AMINOCARBASUGARS FROM (PHENYLSULFONYL)-7-OXABICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTANE DERIVATIVES - TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF PENTA-N,O-ACETYL-(+/-)-VALIDAMINE AND ITS C-1 AND C-2 STEREOISOMERS
The total syntheses of the antibiotic component validamine 1 and its three diastereomers 2-4 have been accomplished as their racemic penta-N,O-acetates via stereocontrolled nucleophilic epoxidation of polyhydroxylated cyclohexenyl sulfones, obtained from (phenylsulfonyl)-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes. The diastereoselectivity of the epoxidation can be readily controlled by careful choice of the hydroxyl protecting groups. Ring opening of the resulting alpha,beta-epoxy sulfones followed by stereocontrolled introduction of an amine precursor led to the four C-1 and C-2 diastereomers of 1-aminocarbasugars.