Publications [#232036] of David N. Beratan

Journal Articles

1. Ribe, S; Kondru, RK; Beratan, DN; Wipf, P, Optical rotation computation, total synthesis, and stereochemistry assignment of the marine natural product pitiamide A, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 122 no. 19 (May, 2000), pp. 4608-4617, American Chemical Society (ACS), ISSN 0002-7863 [pdf], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/18)

   Abstract:
   We report the joint application of ab initio computations and total synthesis to assign the absolute configuration of a new natural product. The expected specific rotations of the (7S,10R)- and (7R,10R)-isomers of pitiamide A in a CHCl3 solvent continuum model were determined as +8 and - 39, respectively, by CADPAC calculations of the electric-dipole-magnetic- dipole polarizability tensor. Total syntheses of these two stereoisomers of the marine metabolite were achieved by a convergent strategy that utilized Evans' oxazolidinone alkylation, a novel water-accelerated modification of Negishi's zirconocene-catalyzed asymmetric carbometalation as well as an unusual segment condensation via Mitsunobu alkylation of a nosyl-activated amide. The experimental optical rotation measurements confirmed the results of the computational optical rotation predictions. On the basis of NMR comparisons, the configuration of pitiamide A was assigned as (7R,10R). These studies highlight the considerable structural significance of [α](D) data, but, because the optical rotation of the natural product was different from either synthetic diastereomer, our work serves also as an illustration of potential problems with obtaining accurate experimental [α](D) data for natural samples.