Total syntheses of thiocoraline and BE-22179: Establishment of relative and absolute stereochemistry
Total syntheses of thiocoraline and BE-22179: Establishment of relative and absolute stereochemistry
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10.1021/ja0001660
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发表时间:
2000-03-29
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15
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Ichikawa, S
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Boger, DL;Ichikawa, S
Thiocoraline (1, Figure 1) is a potent antitumor antibiotic1 isolated from Micromonospora sp. L-13-ACM2-092. It constitutes the newest member of the 2-fold symmetric bicyclic octadepsipeptides which include BE-221792 (2), triostin A3 (3), and echinomycin4 (4), which bind to DNA with bisintercalation. 5, 6 Unlike BE-22179, thiocoraline does not inhibit DNA topoisomerase I or II, but it does inhibit DNA polymerase R at concentrations that inhibit cell cycle progression and clonogenicity. 7 It was found to unwind double-stranded DNA, 7 and thus it may bisintercalate DNA analogous to triostin, echinomycin, and members of the larger cyclic decadepsipeptides including sandramycin, 8, 9 luzopeptins, 9, 10 and quinoxapeptins. 11 Studies on thiocoraline as well as BE-22179 have established their twodimensional structures but not their relative and absolute stereochemistry. 1, 2 Triostin and echinomycin possess a D-stereochemistry at the R-position of the amide linkage to the quinoxaline chromophore (D-Ser) and L-stereochemistry at the remaining stereogenic centers. We have shown that the analogous centers of sandramycin8 and the quinoxapeptins, 11 like the luzopeptins, 10 also incorporate D-Ser. Thus, we anticipated that 1, as well as 2, might possess a similar stereochemistry with incorporation of an unusual chromophore bearing D-Cys. Herein, we report the first total syntheses of thiocoraline and BE-22179, the determination of their relative and absolute stereochemistry, and the preparation of sufficient material with which further studies may be conducted. Key elements of the approach include the late stage introduction of the chromophore, symmetrical tetrapeptide coupling, macrocyclization of the 26-membered octadepsipeptide conducted at the single secondary amide site following disulfide formation, and a convergent assemblage of the tetradepsipeptide with introduction of the labile thiol ester linkage in the final coupling reaction under near racemization free conditions. By virtue of the late stage introduction of the chromophore and despite the challenges this imposes in the synthesis because of a potential cleavage of the macrocyclic thiol ester, this approach provides ready access of a range of chromophore analogues. The assemblage of tetradepsipeptide 16 from tripeptide 15 and N-Cbz-D-Cys-OTce (12) along with the preparation of the three suitably functionalized Cys residues found in 1 are summarized in Scheme 1. Sequential S-and N-protection of N-Me-Cys-OH (5) 12 with an acetamidomethyl (Acm) group (1.5 equiv of N-hydroxymethylacetamide, H2SO4, H2O, 25 C, 12 h) and BOC group (1.2 equiv of BOC2O, NaOH, THF-H2O, 25 C, 12 h, 62%) gave 6, the precursor to the bridging disulfide Cys residue. Selective S-methylation of N-Me-Cys-OH (5, 12 1.0 equiv of MeI, 2.0 equiv of NaHCO3, THF-H2O, 25 C, 3 h) followed by BOC protection (1.2 equiv of BOC2O, NaOH, THF-H2O, 25 C, 12 h, 73%) provided 7. Esterification of 7 (1.0 equiv of TMSCHN2, 89%) followed by BOC deprotection of 8 (3 M HCl-AcOEt, 91%) provided 9, the precursor to the second L-Cys residue.(1)(a) Romeo, F.; Espliego, F.; Baz, JP; de Quesada, TG; Gravalos, D.; de la Calle, F.; Fernandez-Puentes, JL J. Antibiot. 1997, 50, 734.(b) Perez Baz, J.; Canedo, LM; Fernandez-Puentes, JL J. Antibiot. 1997, 50, 738.(c) Perez Baz, J.; Millan, FR; De Quesada, TG; Gravalos, DG PCT Int. Appl., WO952773, 1995; Chem. Abstr. 1995, 124, 115561.(2) Okada, H.; Suzuki, H.; Yoshinari, T.; Arakawa, H.; Okura, A.; Suda,