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SUBMITTER: Quasdorf KW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3266994 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quasdorf Kyle W KW Huters Alexander D AD Lodewyk Michael W MW Tantillo Dean J DJ Garg Neil K NK
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120111 3
We report the total synthesis of (-)-N-methylwelwitindolinone C isonitrile, in addition to the total syntheses of the 3-hydroxylated welwitindolinones. Our routes to these elusive natural products feature the strategic use of a deuterium kinetic isotope effect to improve the efficiency of a late-stage nitrene insertion reaction. We also provide a computational prediction for the stereochemical configuration at C3 of the hydroxylated welwitindolinones, which was confirmed by experimental studies. ...[more]