Brønsted acid-promoted azide–olefin [3 + 2] cycloadditions for the preparation of contiguous aminopolyols: The importance of disiloxane ring size to a diastereoselective, bidirectional approach to zwittermicin A

• Hubert Muchalski,
• Ki Bum Hong and
• Jeffrey N. Johnston

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1206–1210, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.138

• diol. This development provides a basis for a stereocontrolled approach to the aminopolyol core of (−)-zwittermicin A using a bidirectional synthesis strategy. Keywords: azide; bidirectional synthesis; cycloaddition; dialkoxydisiloxane; TIPDS; triazoline; triflic acid; zwittermicin A; Introduction

• of the substrate-controlled diastereoselective addition of benzyl azide to an unsaturated bis(imide) has demonstrated that high diastereoselection is possible using an anti-1,3-diol scaffold. However, it is important to protect this diol as an 8-membered dialkoxydisiloxane instead of a more