Erythronolide and Erythromycin - The Scripps Research Institute
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Erythronolide and Erythromycin - The Scripps Research Institute
Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara O O propionyl CoA Me methylmalonyl CoA (6 equiv.), polyketide synthase, β-ketoacyl reductase, β-ketoacyl dehydratase Me HO OH Et O mycarose Me glycosyl OH transferase 6 5 Me OH 3 enzyme-bound 6-deoxyerythronolide seco acid (linear heptaketide) O 10 Me O O 6 5 Me 1 2 cytochrome P450 (C6 hydroxylase) O OH Et O 6 5 Me 3 OH O mycarose Me glycosyl OH transferase Me desosamine glycosyl transferase Et OH O 6-deoxyerythronolide B Me OH 6 5 Me NMe2 HO Me O Me Me Me OH 12 Me O Me OH [O] at C12 O-methyl transferase NMe2 HO O OMe Et O Me 6 5 Me OH O NMe2 HO O O OH Me O OMe Me Me OH O erythromycin D (JACS 1977, 99, 1620) O Me Me Me OH O erythromycin B (JACS 1957, 79, 6070) Me O Me Me Me O Me Me O 2 Me Me 3 O 5 Me HO OH 12 Et O Me OH 6 5 Me O NMe2 HO O Me Me HO Et O 3 O 6 5 Me NMe2 HO O O Me Me OMe Me OH O erythromycin E (Tet. 1975, 31, 1985) Me O Et O Me OH 6 5 Me OMe O erythromycin F Me (J. Antibiot. 1982, 35, 426) Me OH O O OH Me NMe2 HO O O 3 O OH OH 12 3 O O OH 12 Me OH Me O Me O Me O 3 O erythronolide B O O 3 Me Me OH O erythromycin A (JACS 1957, 79, 6062) Absolute configuration of erythromycin A was first established via X-ray analysis in Tetrahedron Lett. 1965, 6, 679. Me 12 OH Me Me 6 5 Me Me [O] at C12 Me 3 O O Me OH O erythromycin C (JACS 1957, 79, 6074) OH Et OH O OH Me O OH 12 3 O Me 12 HO O Me HO O-methyl transferase NMe2 Me 3 O Me Me OH 6 5 Me Me Me Me Me O [O] at C12 Me 8 OH 12 Et OH [O] at C6 and C12 OH 12 13 Et 9 desosamine glycosyl transferase erythronolide A O Me Me HO Me Me cyclization upon cleavage from polyketide synthase O Me Me 12 Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 OMe O erythromycin G Me (J. Antibiot. 2003, 56, 280) Me OH Me OH 12 HO O Me Me 6 5 O Me OH Me 3 O OH Me Me 6 9 O Me O 12 HO 13 Me OH Et erythronolide H erythronolide I (Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1353) 1 Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara Our modern "retrosynthetic reflex" effectuates the following disconnections: O Me 10 Me HO O O Me Me 1 2 eg. 8 OH 12 13 Et 9 Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 erythromycin A Me OH 6 5 O NMe2 HO O Me OH 13 Et O O OMe Me macrolactonization Me HO OH Et OH Me Me erythronolide A [...] erythromycin A: - Currently used as an antiobiotic agent; especially useful for patients with penicillin allergies. - Isolation first reported in U.S. Patent 2,653,899 by R. L. Bunch and J. M. McGuire (Eli Lilly), filed in 1952 and approved in 1953; originally called "erythromycin". - Quotes from the 1953 patent: "[...] the empirical formula of erythromycin [is] C38-9H69-71NO13." "We claim: 1. A method of producing an antibiotic agent which comprises cultivating under aerobic conditions an erythromycin-producing strain of Streptomyces erythreus in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbohydrate, nitrogen and inorganic salts until substantial antibiotic activity is produced by said organism in said culture medium. [...]" - Structure first reported in 1957 without stereochemical assignments; X-ray analysis established the absolute configuration at each stereocenter in 1965. - Quote from R. B. Woodward: "Erythromycin, with all our advantages, looks at present quite hopelessly complex, particularly in view of its plethora of asymmetric centers." (In Perspectives in Organic Chemistry, Todd, A., Ed., Interscience Publishers: New York 1956, p.155.) - Quote from J. Mulzer's review entitled "Erythromycin Synthesis - A Never-Ending Story?": "The synthesis of [...] erythromycin A and B [...] is probably the most extensive single project in the history of synthetic organic chemistry. This phenomenon is not rational as [they] are accessible in large quantities from fermentation [...]. It is the complexity of the molecule's structure, the plethora of stereocenters and functional groups and the magic of the medium ring that has fascinated about 15 large research groups worldwide for more than a decade." (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1991, 30, 1452-1454) - Cost of erythromycin A is 2.80 $/g, so just buy it for medchem/chembio purposes... - This molecule caught the attention of... - "Giants": Woodward, Stork, Corey, Danishefsky; - "Aldol Giants": Masamune, Evans, Paterson; - "European Giants": R. W. Hoffmann, Mulzer, and recently Carreira. Me Me OH OH 13 Me O Me Me OH 1 Me OH O O Me Me HO Me 3 erythromycin A O HO Me OH OH 1 O OH Me seco acid of erythronolide A smaller aldol precursors Commonly used macrolactonization methods: 1. Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization (PyS-SPy + PPh3 on the hydroxyacid, then heat; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1974, 96, 5614); 2. Masamune thiol ester activation (TlStBu on the acyl chloride to generate a thioester, then Hg(OCOCF3)2 or CuOTf to lactonize; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 3515); 3. Mukaiyama onium salt method (N-methyl-2-chloropyridinium iodide and Et3N on the hydroxyacid; Chem. Lett. 1976, 49); 4. Mitsunobu alcohol activation (DEAD + PPh3 on the hydroxyacid; Tetrahedron Lett. 1976, 17, 2455); 5. Yamaguchi mixed anhydride lactonization (2,4,6-trichlorobenzoyl chloride + DMAP on the hydroxyacid; Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn 1979, 52, 1989); 6. Keck-Steglich activation (DCC + DMAP + DMAP•HCl on the hydroxyacid; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1978, 17, 522 and J. Org. Chem. 1985, 50, 2394); 7. Shiina benzoic anhydride lactonization (various benzoic anhydrides + Lewis acid or base; Nature Protocols, 2007, 2, 2312). Examples of asymmetric control in the synthesis of stereotriads OH found in polyketides (for an excellent review on this topic, see: R. W. Hoffmann, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1987, 26, 489-503): * * * 1. Propionate enolate additions onto α-methylaldehydes (i.e. aldol); 2. Propionate enolate additions onto α-methylesters, followed by Me Me carbonyl reduction; 3. Acetate enolate additions onto α-methylaldehydes followed by α-methylation; 4. Propenyl or butenyl group additions onto α-methylaldehydes, followed by hydrogenation or hydroboration; 5. Danishefsky's diene (methylated version) Diels-Alder onto α-methylaldehydes followed by hydrolysis and ozonolysis; 6. Crotyl-metal and pentenyl-metal additions onto α-methylaldehydes followed by ozonolysis; 7. Epoxidation of an allylic alcohol bearing a methyl group at the allylic position, followed by methylcuprate addition; 8. Hydroboration-oxidation or hydrosilylation-oxidation of the Me Me alkene motif shown on the right. 2 Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara E. J. Corey (Harvard; 1978, 1979): - First total syntheses of erythronolide B (JACS 1978, 100, 4618 and 4620) and erythronolide A (JACS 1979, 101, 7131), synthesized in (longest linear) 31 steps (ca. 0.8% overall, yields of the last epimerizationdeprotection steps are not reported). - 11 students worked on it, including K. C. Nicolaou. - 50% yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated with a modified Corey-Nicolaou procedure (substituted imidazoles instead of pyridines). - Key features: Cyclic stereocontrol (i.e. not a single aldol!); convergency amenable to the synthesis of both erythronolides A and B. - Hard to retrosynthetically disconnect! - "Classics-worthy" synthesis! OH Me O 3 4 2 5 Me Me NaOMe 2 5 Allyl-Br 1 6 9 4 BzO Me Me 3 2 5 1 6 7 O O O 9 8 Me 6 steps 4 5 Me HO 3 6 7 O 10 12 Me Me 13 4 Me Me Br2 8 BzO Me Me 1 6 O O Me O OTBS 11 7 8 Me 9 10 Me 12 Me 13 Et 8 steps 12 13 Me Me Et Me Et HO O 1 2 3 Me O Me Me 9 10 12 13 Et tBuS O 9 (88%, 17:1 dr) tBu S Me 1 2 O 3 O Me 8 5 steps, then Me Me Me 8 Me OTES 2 9 8 Me 1) (COCl)2 2) Et2CuLi OH 4 1 3 Me 2 O Me Me Me O OH OH OH 1 O Me OTES O Me erythronolide B (71%, 14:1 dr) then 2-step [O] O Me 10 O O O Me 7 steps Me O 4 Me (Coupling partner prepared from EtCHO in 70-85% yield and in >100:1 dr) O Me Me OH Me O 11 12 13 Me OH 2 R2BO Me (85%, 40:1 dr) then 4-step redox CHO OTBS 1 8 c-Hx LHMDS, then 8 6 5 Me 9 aldol 3 (The erythronolide A synthesis simply uses a coupling partner with a protected hydroxyl group at C12) Et OH 9 Me 6 5 (2 steps from chiral pool) Me OTBS R2BO 7 (resolution at this stage) Me Me 8 c-Hx O 4 3 KOH OH O 9 MeO O Me O Me O O 2 5 Br Me O O O O Me 3 OH Me Me 2 steps O OBz Me 2 erythronolide A (R=OH) erythronolide B (R=H) OTBS BrMg OH Me Me 2 steps O 9 Me OH 3 O 2 1 6 5 Me Me 11 Me O O Me SPy 8 OH 12 13 Et OH OH OBz Me 2) CrO3 7 8 Me R Me Me 1) BH3; H2O2 1 6 Me Me 10 O 3 4 S. Masamune (MIT; 1981): O - First total synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide Me Me B (JACS 1981, 103, 1568), synthesized in 9 8 (longest linear) 22 steps (<7 % overall; aldol missing yields for the last few steps). Me Me - 4 students worked on it. OH 6 - 41 % yield for the macrolactonization, Me effectuated with Masamune's own Et O OH t-butylthioester method, using CuOTf. - Key feature: Aldol, aldol, aldol... a synthetic mimic of a polyketide synthase. O OH - Textbook-style retrosynthesis! macrolactonization Me - Excellent demonstration of his own methodology. 6-deoxyerythronolide B O Me Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 10 Me 6 5 Me NaBH4 O 3 Me O Me Me 12 13 9 Me 8 OH Me Et OTES tBuS 1 3 O 2 Me 6 5 5 steps 6-deoxyeryincluding [O] thronolide B O O Me Me Me 3 Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara R. B. Woodward (Harvard; posthumous, 1981): O - First and only total synthesis of erythromycin A Me (JACS 1981, 103, 3210, 3213 and 3215), 10 synthesized in (longest linear) 52 steps (0.0089% Me overall, of which the last 10 steps, required for 7 the glycosidations, yielded 1.54%). OH HO 12 - 48 students worked on it, including R. M. 13 Me Williams. Et O - 70% yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated with a Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization. - Key features: Aldols using asymmetric induction O via dithiadecalins; interestingly convergent; first Me detailed study on the structural requirements of the erythronolide seco acid macrolactonization. - The end of the "Woodwardian era"... erythromycin A S SH + MeO OMe MeO BnO (6 steps to (5 steps to make; racemic) make; racemic) Me Me 13 5 steps MOMO MeO Ra-Ni, aldol with EtCOStBu, etc... 12 O 11 10 O AcO OMe 8 9 Me O 9 S 5 4 MesLi O BnO OMe Et tBuS O Me Me OMOM 1 2 O 3 Me OH Me Me 10 HO steps (33% overall) 12 13 Et PyS O 7 3 and then 7 steps to manipulate C7 and C9 O MeO S Me O 6 5 Me OH 1 2 Me OH O 3 Me O H 6 iPr O Me OH Grignard addition OH 9S-dihydroerythronolide A OH CO2H iPr 1 step O O OH Me OH iPr O O iPr O O Me iPr Me iPr CO2H O O iPr CO2H CO2H 3 OH OH OH O 8 O Me 10 O Me Me iPr 4 5 OH OH 4 steps iPr Me S 11 Me O O O 12 Me Me 3 steps; racemic 2 steps O BnO OMe Me MOMO MeO Me OH O O BnO OMe (2 steps) 13 8 Me Butenolide strategy in polypropionate synthesis (JACS 1987, 109, 1564): 3 steps; racemic 3 steps i iPr Pr O O O Me H butenolide carbonyl attack Me Me OH O 8 Me Me O OMe MOMO MeO NH 6 5 O Me O S OH BnO O BnS MeO Me Me O HO O S O 10 NMe2 S 6 7 H O OAc Me Me OH G. Stork (Columbia; 1987): OH - First total synthesis of 9S-dihydroerythronolide Me A (JACS 1987, 109, 1564 and 1565), synthesized 10 in (longest linear) 30 steps (1.3 % overall). Me - Only one student: S. D. Rychnovsky 7 - 64 % yield for the macrolactonization, OH HO 12 effectuated with a Keck-Steglich 13 Me macrolactonization. Et O - Key features: Aldols performed via butenolides; 1 3 convergent synthesis. 2 O macrolactonization Me H S Me Me 6 steps 3) D-proline (asym. aldol, 70%, 1:1 dr, 36% ee; then recrystallize) OMe H S CH2OMs 1) NaH 2) AcOH (All disconnections shown here are aldols) Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 9 O OMe (3 steps) erythronolide A analog, and then 10 more steps to erythromycin A Me O 11 9 OH 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Me OBn 7 steps O 4 5 3 1 2 13 steps Me O Mes Et Me Me 8 Me O MgBr 1 O PivO 2 3 Me O O Me Me O O + O H Me 6 5 Me 11 OPiv 6 steps O 9 OH (4R)-ethyl 4-hydroxy-2-hexynoate O Me OH 10 Me H Me OH 9 steps Me Et OH 73% Me single isomer Me Et 9 11 O 6 5 Me Me O 1 PivO Me 8 2 Me OH O 3 O Me Me Me 4 Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara I. Paterson (Cambridge; 1988): OH - Total synthesis of 9S-dihydroerythronolide A (TL Me 1988, 29, 1461 and 1989, 30, 7463), synthesized 10 in (longest linear) 22 steps (3.4% overall). Me - 2 students worked on it. 7 - 91-96% yield for the macrolactonization, OH HO 12 effectuated with a Yamaguchi 13 Me macrolactonization. Et O - Key features: Excellent use of "modern" (Evans herein) aldol technology; convergent; 2 macrolactonization performed on a O conformationally favorable system bearing two Me olefins, precluding the use of acetonides. O Me O Xc N PhS O 1 2 PhS Bu2BOTf, iPr2NEt O (70%, 10g scale, 1:1 dr; (racemic) both isomers needed) Me OH 5 OH 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Me 10 + OH 10 9 11 PhS Me Et 5 Me OH 1 PhS 2 Me O 10 3 9 Me Me 10 1) [O] 2) [H] 3) [H] OH Me Me 1 PG-O 2 Me Me 4 steps Et O Me O O OTBS Me Me Et O OTMS OTBS Me 1) OsO4-NMO, 1h 2) Zn(BH4)2 3) OsO4-NMO, 5d Me 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Me "diene"(76%) then 6 steps Et 2 OBn PG-O PG-O Me 2 5 4 O 4 steps 1 2 PG-O PG = TBDPS 3 OBn Me Me O 8 Me 4 Me 6 steps 6 5 H Me OBn 1 3 OBn PG-O 2 4 6 5 7 Me 8 O 3 OBn Me Me Me Me Me OBn OBn Me OH Me 6-deoxyerythronolide B Me Me Me OH OH 3 "diene" (40%) Me 1 3 OBn Me Me 7 OBn Me Me O 9 OBn Me O O O 4 steps Me Et Me OH 12 13 OH Me Me O OTBS Me 3 4 Me Me O 8 7 Me O 7 Me Me 10 3 steps 10 6 steps Me O OBn CO2Me SPh 12 13 Et 9 5 Me OMe Me 8 13 OTBS O 2 "LACDAC" O Me OMe "diene" 1) NaOMe 2) TBSOTf 3) NCS 4) ZnBr2, enolate of 3-pentanone Me CHO Et heat (69%) Me Xc 1 OH OTBS Me 8 7 O OH 13 Me OTMS HCHO, ZnCl2 Me Me 3 steps to generate phosphonate; then add aldehyde fragment C7-C13 Me 8 9 S. J. Danishefsky (Yale; 1990): - Relay synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B (JOC 1990, 55, 1636), synthesized in (longest linear) 35 steps (ca. 0.014 % overall, yields of the last two steps are not reported). A total synthesis from the procedures described herein would result in racemic 6-deoxyerythronolide B. - Only one student worked on it. - 17 % yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated with a Yamaguchi macrolactonization. - Key feature: "Formal double aldol" using a Lewisacid catalyzed diene aldehyde condensation (LACDAC) strategy. - Great application of his own methodology. Me OH OTBS Me aldol OH O 4 3 HWE olefination Me 5 Me iPr aldol Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 4 steps Me Et O Me Me O HO Me OH O 5 steps 6-deoxyerythronolide B O O Me Me Me 5 Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara J. Mulzer (Institut für Organische Chemie; 1991): crotyl O - Total synthesis of erythronolide B (JACS 1991, addition Me Me carbonyl 113, 910), synthesized in (longest linear) 25 steps 10 addition (<2.4% overall, yields of first few steps unclear). Me - 4 students worked on it. 7 Me - >85% yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated OH OH 12 with a Yamaguchi macrolactonization. 13 Me - Key features: Great use of a simple starting Et O OH material from the chiral pool, glyceraldehyde; convergent; macrolactonization performed on a 2 conformationally favorable system bearing an O OH crotyl addition olefin. Me macrolactonization erythronolide B CHO OH HO 12 13 10 11 Me 1) Crotylation 2) Tosylation 9 O 3) Acid 4) Base 5) Me2CuLi Me O Me Me 5 1 4 steps 3 2 HO Me 4 1) Crotylation 2) Tosylation 1 HO 3) Acid 4) Base 5) Me2CuLi 2 1 OH OH 3 2 BnO Me 3 Me 3 steps OTBS 1 4 5 Me 2 Me Me 9 10 5 steps Me OBn 12 13 OH Et 8 9 Me Me MeOC6H4 Me Et OH 7 10 3 steps Me OH O Et O Me Me 4 6 5 Me O 9 Me 7 10 6 steps O 3 2 Me OH Me 12 Me Me OBn Me Me 6 5 Me 2) TPAP-NMO PG-O 3) crotylboronate 4) LAH Et 5) PMBCl 6) OsO4-NMO Et OH BnO 2 Me O Me "crotylboronate" Me Me aldol OH 9S-dihydroerythronolide A 8 7 PG-O O Et Me O-PG 6 5 9 Me 10 11 OH Et O-PG 1) PMBCl 2) O3; Ph3P 3) ent-crotylboronate OH Me 8 7 Me 4 steps Me Me O-PG OH Et Et Me 8 7 OPMB O-PG Me 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Me 8 7 O HO 9 O Me Me Me OH 1) crotyl- PG-O boronate OPMB 2) DDQ 3) OsO4NMO-NaIO4 O 10 11 PG-O O Me Me Me OH OH PG-O MeOC6H4 O Me O 3 Me Me MeOC6H4 (82%) 5 O 1) Sharpless AE BuLi Me OBn 12 13 OH 8 O-PG Me 7 Me OH Me O O O HWE Me Me c-Hx PG = cyclic acetal using cyclopentanone SPh 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Et 6 5 BF3 10 5 steps Me OH 12 13 Me 9 10 11 O Me 9 B 3 steps PG-O Et SPh Me Me 11 12 13 Me 3 BnO OH Me O aldol c-Hx O 4 Me 6 5 4 R. W. Hoffmann (Universität Hans-Meerwein-Strasse; 1993): OH - Total synthesis of 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Me (ACIEE 1993, 32, 101), synthesized in a total of aldol 23 steps (6.6% overall). - 2 students worked on it. Me 7 - >77% yield for the macrolactonization, OH HO 12 effectuated with a Yamaguchi 13 Me macrolactonization. Et O - Key feature: Completely linear synthesis, but this synthesis is one of the shortest in total 2 number of steps. O - Excellent application of his own crotylation Me methodology. OH Me Me Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 Me O-PG O 6 5 O O Me Me OH 1) TNT, HCl 2) Yamaguchi 3) HCl C6H4OMe 6 Erythronolide and Erythromycin Y. Ishihara Baran Lab GM 2009-08-15 D. A. Evans (Harvard; 1997): - Total synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B (TL 1997, 38, 53), synthesized in (longest linear) 18 steps from β-ketoimide, add 2 steps to make the SM (4.3% overall). - Only one student worked on it; 86% yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated with a Yamaguchi macrolactonization. - Key feature: Evans aldol and its majesty. Convergency is also a plus. Me Me O O O Me O O O O TiCl4, iPr NEt 2 O O 2 1 N 3 Me OH 4 O 7 6 5 4 steps 2 1 Xc Me O Me O 4 3 Me 5 Me MeOC6H4 O 6 Me 7 1) BF3•OEt2 (83%) Me Bn N Me O Me Bn O Et Sn(OTf)2, Et3N O O O 10 9 N 11 Me OH 12 13 6 steps Me 10 9 11 12 13 8 Me Me Me 8 7 Me O 12 13 Me 2) Zn(BH4)2 Et OH 3) DDQ HO 3 4) NaH, CS2, MeI 2 O 5) Bu3SnH, AIBN 6) LiOOH Me 7) TBAF OTMS OPMB OTBS Et O Et Me Me 1) Yamaguchi 2) Pd(OH)2 O 3) PCC 4) HCl 6 5 6-deoxyerythronolide B Me O Me Bn K. A. Woerpel (UC Irvine; 2003): - Total synthesis of 9S-dihydroerythronolide A (JACS 2003, 125, 101), synthesized in (longest linear) 28 steps (5.6% overall). - Only one student worked on it. - >80% yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated with a Yamaguchi macrolactonization. - Key feature: Great application of his own "allylsilane [3+2]" methodology. Convergency is also a plus. Me OAc PhMe2Si BnO OAc Me 7 steps >78%, >98% ee Me R* = S-pantolactone Me 1 N 2 3 OH tBuOCl; iPrOH, then TBSO EtMgBr, 1 then CO2Et Me O Me I O Me OTBS OH 7 steps Me O erythro- 4 steps HO2C nolide A N 2 O 4 3 6 5 Me 9 steps TBSO 1 Me O 2 3 Ph 4 O 5 Ph O N O OH TBSO Et Me Me TESO Me Me Me HO Me 6 steps 1 O 2 3 Ph 4 N 6 7 8 O 5 11 10 9 O BnO Me Me OH Me BnO Me Me OH 9 Me Me TESO Me Me Me Me OH (86%, dr >19:1) OH 12 9 steps 4 steps OTBS O Ar O O Xc Me Me 13 OPiv E. M. Carreira (ETH Zürich; 2005): - Total synthesis of erythronolide A (ACIEE 2005, 44, 4036), synthesized with the best total thus far of 21 steps (1.5%). - 2 students worked on it; 78% yield for the macrolactonization, effectuated with a Yamaguchi macrolactonization. - Key feature: Great application of his own "Mg-mediated nitrile oxide [3+2]" methodology for polyketide synthesis. TBSO Et 3 steps SnCl4, O COOR* Me SiMe2Ph OTBS OPMB repeat step 1 N 6 7 8 Me Me TESO Me Me 9 O 10 Me 11 12 OH Me Me BnO Me Me 9S-dihydroerythronolide A Me Macrolactonization: 1) Since 1990, all syntheses utilized the Yamaguchi macrolactonization method; 2) A 6-membered cyclic acetal over the hydroxyl groups at C3 and C5 are necessary to induce (in part) the correct conformation for the lactonization, unless there are olefins within the seco acid that rigidify the conformation; 3) Woodward has contributed greatly toward examining different conformations of the macrolactonization step. Asymmetric stereocontrol: Development of aldol, dithiadecalin, butenolide, "LACDAC", crotylations and other methods such as [3+2] strategies, many of which were developed for the sake of conquering the erythronolide/erythromycin family. Other notable formal or total syntheses: Deslongchamps (CanJChem, 1985, 63, 2818), Kinoshita (TL 1986, 27, 1815), Kochetkov (TL 1987, 28, 3835 and 3839), Nakata (BCSJ 1989, 62, 2618), Chamberlin (JACS 1989, 111, 6247), Martin (JACS 1989, 111, 7634), Yonemitsu (JOC 1990, 55, 7), Vogel (HCA 2002, 85, 417), Crimmins (OL 2006, 8, 2191), Martin (Tet 2007, 63, 5709), and, as a note added after this presentation, White (NatChem 2009 AOP, DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.351). 7