Addressing the Stereochemistry of Complex Organic Molecules by Density Functional Theory-NMR: Vannusal B in Retrospective.

We have employed density functional theory (DFT) protocols to calculate the NMR properties of the vannusals, a class of natural products whose structures have been the subject of recent investigations. The originally assigned structure of vannusal B was revised after a long synthetic journey which g...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 133; no. 15; pp. 6072 - 6078
Autores principales: Saielli, Giacomo, Nicolaou, K. C., Ortiz, Adrian, Hongjun Zhang, Bagno, Alessandro
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Publicado: American Chemical Society 4/20/2011
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Sumario:We have employed density functional theory (DFT) protocols to calculate the NMR properties of the vannusals, a class of natural products whose structures have been the subject of recent investigations. The originally assigned structure of vannusal B was revised after a long synthetic journey which generated a series of closely related diastereomers. In this work we show how DFT calculations based on density functionals and basis sets designed for the prediction of NMR spectra (M06/pcS-2 level of theory) can be used to reproduce the observed parameters, thereby offering to the synthetic chemist a useful tool to discard or accept putative structures of unknown organic molecules.