An Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Brevisamide

Abstract

An enantioselective synthesis of marine alkaloid brevisamide was accomplished in a convergent manner. The synthesis utilized an enantioselective hetero-Diels−Alder reaction which sets three chiral centers in compound 11. The synthesis also features a modified Wolff−Kishner reduction, Rubottom oxidation, and Suzuki−Miyaura coupling to furnish brevisamide