Four-Step Access to the Sesquiterpene Natural Product Presilphiperfolan-1β-ol and Unnatural Derivatives via
Leonidas-Dimitrios Syntrivanis1, Ivana Némethová1, Dario Schmid1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Terpenes constitute one of the most structurally varied classes of natural products. A wide range of these structures are produced in nature by type I terpene cyclase enzymes from one single substrate. However, such reactivity has proven difficult to reproduce in solution with man-made systems. Herein we report the shortest synthesis of the tricyclic sesquiterpene presilphiperfolan-1β-ol to date, utilizing the supramolecular resorcinarene capsule as catalyst for the key step. This synthetic approach also allows access to unnatural derivatives of the natural product, which would not be accessible through the biosynthetic machinery. Additionally, this study provides useful insight into the biosynthesis of the presilphiperfolanol natural products, including the first experimental evidence consistent with the proposed biosynthetic connection between caryophyllene and the presilphiperfolanols.
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