- Total Synthesis of Ecumicin
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The first total synthesis of the potent anti-mycobacterial cyclic depsipeptide natural product ecumicin is described. Synthesis was achieved via a solid-phase strategy, incorporating the synthetic non-proteinogenic amino acids N-methyl-4-methoxy-l-tryptophan and threo-β-hydroxy-l-phenylalanine into the growing linear peptide chain. The synthesis employed key on-resin esterification and dimethylation steps as well as a final macrolactamization between the unusual N-methyl-4-methoxy-l-tryptophan unit and a bulky N-methyl-l-valine residue. The synthetic natural product possessed potent antimycobacterial activity against the virulent H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MIC90 = 312 nM).
- Hawkins, Paige M. E.,Giltrap, Andrew M.,Nagalingam, Gayathri,Britton, Warwick J.,Payne, Richard J.
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- Total Synthesis and Antimycobacterial Activity of Ohmyungsamycin A, Deoxyecumicin, and Ecumicin
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The ohmyungsamycin and ecumicin natural product families are structurally related cyclic depsipeptides that display potent antimycobacterial activity. Herein the total syntheses of ohmyungsamycin A, deoxyecumicin, and ecumicin are reported, together with the direct biological comparison of members of these natural product families against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB). The synthesis of each of the natural products employed a solid-phase strategy to assemble the linear peptide precursor, involving a key on-resin esterification and an optional on-resin dimethylation step, before a final solution-phase macrolactamization between the non-proteinogenic N-methyl-4-methoxy-l-tryptophan amino acid and a bulky N-methyl-l-valine residue. The synthetic natural products possessed potent antimycobacterial activity against Mtb with MIC90’s ranging from 110–360 nm and retained activity against Mtb in Mtb-infected macrophages. Deoxyecumicin also exhibited rapid bactericidal killing against Mtb, sterilizing cultures after 21 days.
- Hawkins, Paige M. E.,Tran, Wendy,Nagalingam, Gayathri,Cheung, Chen-Yi,Giltrap, Andrew M.,Cook, Gregory M.,Britton, Warwick J.,Payne, Richard J.
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p. 15200 - 15205
(2020/10/23)
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- CHIRAL FLUORINATING REAGENTS
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This invention relates to fluorinating agents and, more particularly, to chiral non-racemic fluorinating agents useful for enantioselective fluorination, as well as to their synthesis and use and other subject matter. The fluorinating agents are based on a substituted 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) skeleton and provide electrophillic fluorine enantioselectively.
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Page/Page column 55-56
(2014/05/24)
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- Expedient synthesis of threo-β-hydroxy-α-amino acid derivatives: Phenylalanine, tyrosine, histidine, and tryptophan
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An expedient synthesis of enantiomerically pure threo-β-hydroxy- α-amino acid derivatives of phenylalanine, tyrosine, histidine, and tryptophan is described. The NBS-mediated radical bromination of the N,N-di-tert-butoxycarbonyl protected α-amino acids an
- Crich, David,Banerjee, Abhisek
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p. 7106 - 7109
(2007/10/03)
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