Ghosh Arun K, Rao Kalapala Venkateswara, Akasapu Siddhartha
Department of Chemistry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2014 Sep 10;55(37):5191-5194. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.07.077.
Aetheramides A and B are very potent anti-HIV agents. An enantioselective synthesis of a MEM-protected aetheramide A derivative is described. The synthesis was accomplished in a convergent and stereoselective manner. The key reactions involved asymmetric dihydroxylation, asymmetric allylation, asymmetric -aldol reactions and asymmetric hydrogenation.