Ma Tianhao, Ma Yiming, Li Bo, Jia Yanxing
State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemical Biology Center, Peking University, Xue Yuan Rd. 38, Beijing, 100191, China.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Oct 14;63(42):e202407215. doi: 10.1002/anie.202407215. Epub 2024 Sep 13.
Kalmanol, the flagship member of the kalmane diterpene family, possesses a complex and highly oxidized 5/5/8/5 tetracyclic skeleton with nine contiguous stereocenters and exhibits significant analgesic effects and cardiotoxic properties. We have achieved the efficient total synthesis of (+)-kalmanol in 22 steps with 2.3 % yield. The synthesis featured a Rh-catalyzed [5+2+1] cycloaddition reaction to construct 5/5/8 tricyclic skeleton, and a meticulously designed sequence of stereoselective oxidations of the 5/5/8/5 tetracyclic skeleton.