Total Synthesis of Darobactin A

Authors

  • Marko Nesic University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ,
  • David B. Ryffel University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ,
  • Jonathan Maturano University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ,
  • Michael Shevlin Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Scott R. Pollack Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Donald R. Gauthier Jr. Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Pablo Trigo-Mouriño Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Li-Kang Zhang Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Danielle Schultz Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Jamie M. McCabe Dunn Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Louis-Charles Campeau Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • Niki R. Patel Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • David A. Petrone Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, NJ 07065, United States ,
  • David Sarlah University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Abstract

The total synthesis of darobactin A, a recently isolated antibiotic that selectively targets Gram-negative bacteria, has been accomplished in a convergent fashion with a longest linear sequence of 16 steps from ᴅ-Garner’s aldehyde and ʟ-serine. Scalable routes towards three non-canonical amino acids were developed to enable the synthesis. The closure of the bismacrocycle was realized through sequential, halogen-selective Larock indole syntheses, where the proper order of cyclizations proved crucial for the formation of the desired atropisomer of the natural product.

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