Total Synthesis of Antibacterial Macrolide Sorangiolide A

A convergent route for the asymmetric total synthesis of antibacterial macrolide sorangiolide A has been developed for the first time. The key feature of this synthesis includes Krische iridium-catalyzed anti-diastereoselective carbonyl crotylation, Crimmins acetate aldol, Yamaguchi esterification, Julia–Kocienski olefination, Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons olefination, and ring-closing metathesis. The origin of the low intensity of the 13C­{1H} NMR signals of the C1 and C2 centers of the natural product has been investigated, disclosing possible forms of existence for the natural product in the solution phase.