T. Matsumoto et al., TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF ANTIBIOTIC C104 - BENZYNE-FURAN CYCLOADDITION APPROACH TO THE ANGUCYCLINES, Tetrahedron, 51(27), 1995, pp. 7347-7360
First total synthesis of antibiotic C104 (1), a prototypical member of
the angucyclines, was accomplished. Highly regioselective cycloadditi
on of alpha-alkoxybenzyne 12 with angularly fused alpha-siloxyfuran 10
enabled the straightforward construction of the characteristic benz[a
]anthraquinone framework. The D-olivosyl C-glycoside was introduced vi
a the O-->C-glycoside rearrangement in a regio- and stereoselective ma
nner.