Total synthesis of Epothilone E and related side-chain modified analogues via a stille coupling based strategy Original Research Article

A Stille coupling strategy has been utilized to complete a total synthesis of epothilone E from vinyl iodide 7 and thiazole-stannane 8h. The central core fragment 7 and its trans-isomer 11 were prepared from triene 15 using ring-closing metathesis (RCM), and were subsequently coupled to a variety of alternative stannanes to provide a library of epothilone analogues 18a–o and 19a–o. The Stille coupling approach was then used to prepare epothilone B analogues from the key macrolactone intermediate 24 which was itself synthesized by a macrolactonization based strategy.