The Duocarmycins: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies
The Duocarmycins: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies
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双卡霉素:合成和机理研究
DOI:
10.1002/chin.199525306
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1995
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D. Boger
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作者:
D. Boger
Two recent efforts have described the isolation and structure determination of the initial members of a new class of exceptionally potent antitumor antibiotics including duocarmycinsSA (l), 1, 2 A (2), 3-5 B1-B2, 6and C1-C2. 4’5, 7’8 Given their remarkable potency and structural similarity to (+)-CC-1065 (3) 9-16 and its related analogs, 13-22 substantial efforts have been devoted to defining their properties. 22-48 In these studies, the agents have been shown to exert their biological effects through a sequence selective alky-lation of DNA. 26-31 The reversible, 30 stereoelectronically-controlled34 adenine N3 addition to the least substituted cyclopropane carbon has been found to occur within selected AT-rich sites in the minor groove of DNA, 27, 31 and extensive efforts have been devoted to determining the origin of the DNA alkylation selectivity, to establishing the link between DNA alkylation and the ensuing biological properties, 32, 40 and to defining the fundamental principles under-lying the relationships between structure, chemical reactivity, and biologicalactivity. Herein, we provide a summary of studies conducted with the intention of addressing these important questions of functional reactivity and molecular recognition. Total Synthesis of Duocarmycin SA (1) and Duocarmycin A (2). Despite the interest in the duocarmycins and their remarkable properties, suc-cessful efforts on their synthesis42-48 and the extension of the technology to related agents havebeen limited. 21, 26, 27, 31, 33-35 This is especially surprising with duocarmycin SA (1) since it, unlike 2, was isolated in insufficient quantity to permit a detailed evaluation