Miharamycins belong to a class of peptidyl nucleoside antibiotics with a unique nine-carbon pyranosyl amino acid core and a rare 2-aminopurine moiety. Herein, we report the de novo total synthesis of miharamycin B and its biosynthetic precursor from 3bromofuran and Garner's aldehyde through a modified Achmatowicz reaction. Many challenges were resolved toward the de novo synthesis of miharamycin B, including the introduction of a dense array of functional groups, the stereoselective construction of consecutive stereocenters, dealing with the variability of the anomeric positions, and promoting site-selectivity in the cyclization to form the tetrahydrofuran ring. This de novo synthesis strategy enables efficient preparation of 3'-substituted saccharides, allowing the study of their structure-activity relationships and mode of action, and meets the growing demand for the development of novel antibiotics inspired by miharamycin natural products.

Miharamycins belong to a class of peptidyl nucleoside antibiotics with a unique nine-carbon pyranosyl amino acid core and a rare 2-aminopurine moiety. Herein, we report the de novo total synthesis of miharamycin B and its biosynthetic precursor from 3bromofuran and Garner's aldehyde through a modified Achmatowicz reaction. Many challenges were resolved toward the de novo synthesis of miharamycin B, including the introduction of a dense array of functional groups, the stereoselective construction of consecutive stereocenters, dealing with the variability of the anomeric positions, and promoting site-selectivity in the cyclization to form the tetrahydrofuran ring. This de novo synthesis strategy enables efficient preparation of 3'-substituted saccharides, allowing the study of their structure-activity relationships and mode of action, and meets the growing demand for the development of novel antibiotics inspired by miharamycin natural products.

The ezomycins make up a class of complex nucleoside antibiotics that share a common disaccharide core. Herein we present an efficient synthesis of this core from diacetone-d-allose, using a ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic etherification and a de novo carbohydrate synthesis based on the diastereoselective Henry reaction. Our strategy overcomes several challenges, such as introducing a dense array of functional groups and creating consecutive stereocenters with high selectivity. This approach enables the rapid preparation of disaccharides and paves the way for the total synthesis of ezomycins.