An efficient synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine.: Synthesis of the antibiotic DC-81
An efficient synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine.: Synthesis of the antibiotic DC-81
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DOI:
10.1021/jo010043d
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发表时间:
2001-04-20
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3.6
通讯作者:
Hsu, MH
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作者:
Hu, WP;Wang, JJ;Hsu, MH
Pyrrolo [2, 1-c][1, 4] benzodiazepines (1)(PBDs) are a group of potent, naturally occurring antitumor antibiotics produced by Streptomyces species. 1 The cytotoxic and antitumor effects of these compounds are believed to arise from modification of DNA, which leads to inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis and production of excision-dependent single-and double-strand breaks in cellular DNA. 2 These antibiotics have been proposed to covalently bond to N2 of guanine to form a neutral minor groove adduct (2)(Scheme 1). 3 Tomaymycin (3), cross-linker DSB-120 (4), 3d, 4 and DC-81 (5) are the best known examples of the PBDs (Figure 1). Synthetic approaches to these compounds have been reported; 4-6 however, most of them are tedious. For instance, one of the widely used methods involves the cyclization of amino dithioacetals using mercuric chloride to give the imine products (Scheme 2).Nevertheless, it takes six steps to synthesize the starting material,(2S)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxaldehyde diethyl thioacetal (7), from L-proline (6). The overall yield of this 10-step synthesis of DC-81 is about 15-20%. 4, 6 More recently, Wang et al. reported the total synthesis of DC-81 over 13 steps in 4% yield. 5b Herein we would like to report a very short route and efficient synthesis of PBD analogue, DC-81. The synthesis started with reduction of substituted 2-nitrobenzoic acid (8) 6 with stannous chloride to give amine 10 in 92% yield (Scheme 3). Reaction of the resulting amine 10 with triphosgene in THF under reflux generated isatoic anhydride (11) in excellent yield (98%). 7 Compound 11 was coupled to L-proline in DMSO at 120 C to produce dilactam 12, followed by conversion of the amide to N-(10-methoxymethyl)-8-benzyloxy-7-methoxypyrrolo [2, 1-c][1, 4]-benzodiazepine-5, 11-dione (13) with MOMCl in high yield.