Total synthesis of celogentin C.
Total synthesis of celogentin C.
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200902425
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发表时间:
2009
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Castle SL
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作者:
Ma B;Litvinov DN;He L;Banerjee B;Castle SL
The bicyclic octapeptide celogentin C (1, Figure 1) was isolated by Kobayashi and coworkers from the seeds of Celosia argentea.[1] Other structurally similar natural products include the bicyclic peptides moroidin,[2] celogentins A–H,[3] and celogentin J,[3] as well as the monocyclic peptides celogentin K [4] and stephanotic acid.[5] Some of these compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization,[6] with 1 ranking as the most potent antimitotic agent of this natural product family. The unusual structure of 1 is derived from two cross-links between amino acid side chains. A bond between the leucine β-carbon atom and the indole C6 of tryptophan forms the left-hand ring of 1, whereas the right-hand macrocycle contains a C–N linkage between the indole C2 and the imidazole N1. The resultant heterobiaryl axis introduces the potential of atropisomer stereochemistry. The combination of useful biological activity and intriguing architecture has prompted numerous synthetic efforts targeting 1 and related compounds.[7–10] However, a total synthesis of one of the bicyclic members of the celogentin family has not yet been reported.[11] Herein, we describe our efforts which have culminated in the synthesis of celogentin C.Our synthetic plan is outlined in Figure 1. We previously constructed the right-hand ring of 1 by using an intermolecular indole–imidazole oxidative coupling and subsequent macrolactamization at the Pro–Arg site.[7a] We envisioned utilizing our radical conjugate addition methodology [12, 13] to prepare the β-substituted α-amino acid moiety resulting from union of the Leu and Trp side chains. The radical acceptor would be fashioned by means of a Knoevenagel condensation. After the radical conjugate addition, formation of the left-hand ring of 1 was to be accomplished by macrolactamization at the Val–Trp site. The approach was designed to be flexible in terms of the order of ring closures; however, attempts to append the left-hand ring onto the right-hand ring were unsuccessful.[14] Consequently, we embarked upon a left-to-right-sequence.