Compound 1, representing the core structure of CP-225,917, including the an
hydride subunit, was prepared by an approach involving siloxy-Cope rearrang
ement of the strained lactone 18, in which C(15) of the anhydride is alread
y present. The C(14) carbon was introduced at a later stage with the Tebbe
reagent. Further elaboration gave homoallylic alcohol 25, which was convert
ed into epoxy aldehyde 27, and then into furan 28. This was transformed eff
iciently into 1 by the successive action of singlet oxygen, DBU and TPAP. (
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