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Enantioselective Synthesis of (β)-Acetylapoaranotin
The first enantioselective total synthesis of the epipolythiodiketopiperazine (ETP) natural product (β)-acetylapoaranotin (3) is reported. The concise synthesis was enabled by an eight-step synthesis of a key cyclohexadienol-containing amino ester building block. The absolute stereochemistry of both amino ester building blocks used in the synthesis is set through catalytic asymmetric (1,3)-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. The formal syntheses of (β)-emethallicin E and (β)-haemotocin are also achieved through the preparation of a symmetric cyclohexadienol-containing diketopiperazine