Assignment of the absolute configuration of goniodomin a by NMR spectroscopy and synthesis of model compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ol8000377

The complete absolute configuration of goniodomin A, an actin-targeting polyether macrolide isolated from the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium hiranoi, was established from analysis of ROESY experiments and coupling constants, synthesis of suitable model compounds for NMR spectroscopic comparisons, degradation experiments, and correlation with synthetic reference compounds.

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Vol. 10, No. 5
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Assignment of the Absolute
Configuration of Goniodomin A by NMR
Spectroscopy and Synthesis of Model
Compounds
Yoshiyuki Takeda, Jinglu Shi, Masato Oikawa, and Makoto Sasaki*
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku UniVersity, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-amamiya,
Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
masasaki@bios.tohoku.ac.jp
Received January 8, 2008
ABSTRACT
The complete absolute configuration of goniodomin A, an actin-targeting polyether macrolide isolated from the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium
hiranoi, was established from analysis of ROESY experiments and coupling constants, synthesis of suitable model compounds for NMR
spectroscopic comparisons, degradation experiments, and correlation with synthetic reference compounds.
Goniodomin A (1, Figure 1) was isolated as a potent
antifungal agent by Murakami and co-workers from the
dinoflagellate Alexandrium hiranoi (formerly Goniodoma
pseudogoniaulax) collected in the rock pool at Jogashima
in Japan in 1988.1 More recently, it was reported that the
dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum produced goniodomin
A.2 The gross planar structure of goniodomin A was
established by Murakami and co-workers on the basis of the
NMR studies to be a novel polyether macrolide, which
contains a 6/6-spiroacetal, a dihydropyran, a tetrahydropyran,
17 stereogenic centers, and an additional hemiacetal ring
appended at C31.2 However, the relative and absolute
stereochemistry of goniodomin A remains to be solved.
Goniodomin A has been found to cause the conformational
change of actin to modulate skeletal actomyosin ATPase
activity,3 and the potent stimulation of the actomyosin
(1) Murakami, M.; Makabe, K.; Yamaguchi, K.; Konosu, S.; Walchli,
M. R. Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 1149-1152.
(2) Hsia, M. H.; Morton, S. L.; Smith, L. L.; Beauchesne, K. R.; Huncik,
K. M.; Moeller, P. D. R. Harmful Algae 2006, 5, 290-299.
Figure 1. Structure of goniodomin A
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ATPase activity induced by goniodomin A appears to be
highly sensitive to the troponin/tropomyosin complex.4
Furthermore, goniodomin A has been demonstrated to induce
largely different modulation of actomyosin ATPase activity
between ventricular and atrial muscles.5 It has also been
reported that goniodomin A causes morphological changes
in human astrocytoma cells by increasing the filamentous
actin content.6 In 2002, goniodomin A was reported to inhibit
angiogenesis by the inhibition of endothelial cell migration
and basic fibroblast growth factor-induced tube formation
and to be active in vivo.7 These results clearly indicated that
goniodomin A has profound effects on reorganization of the
cytoskeleton.
The important biological properties of this compound as
well as its intriguing molecular structure prompted us to
embark on the complete stereochemical assignment, includ-
ing the absolute configuration and total synthesis of go-
niodomin A. Recently, Fujiwara and co-workers reported
their synthetic approach to the stereochemical assignment
of goniodomin A.8 Herein, we describe the complete stere-
ochemical assignment of goniodomin A, including the
absolute configuration, based on detailed 2D NMR analysis
of the natural product, synthesis of suitable model compounds
for NMR comparison, degradation experiments, and cor-
relation with synthetic reference compounds.
The relative stereochemistry of the macrolide ring, con-
taining the A- to E-rings, and the isolated hemiacetal F-ring
was determined through analysis of proton coupling constants
and ROESY data of 1 (Figure 2). Due to the conformational
restrictions imposed by the presence of one spiroacetal ring
and three ether rings incorporated into the macrolide ring,
compound 1 appears to be a relatively rigid ring. In particular,
transannular ROESY correlations observed for 1 were keys
to assignment of the relative stereochemistries.
C2-C15 Portion (A). A large coupling constant (J ) 8.4
Hz) between H5 and H6 indicated a diaxial arrangement for
these protons,9 and thus an equatorial orientation of 5-OH.
H2 was also assigned as axial on the basis of ROESY
correlations between H2/H4a and H2/H6. H7 and 9-Me were
assigned as axial by a ROESY cross-peak H7/9-Me. A
ROESY correlation between H10a and 12 ) CHa indicated
the equatorial orientation of the C11-C12 bond, thereby
assigning the acetal oxygen in the C-ring as axial. A ROESY
correlation was observed between H13b10 and H15, suggest-
ing that the C-ring adopts a twist-boat conformation and that
Figure 2. ROESY correlations for the C2-C15 (A), C7-C24 (B),
C24-C31 (C), and C32-C36 (D) portions of goniodomin A (1)
(600 MHz, C6D6, acetone-d6, or CD2Cl2)
the stereochemistry of H15 must have a pseudoaxial orienta-
tion. The relative configuration between the A- and B-rings
was assigned by a large coupling constant (J ) 8.4 Hz)
between H6 and H7, indicating an anti arrangement for these
protons,10 and ROESY correlations H5/H7, H6/8 ) CHa,
and H2/8 ) CHa.
C15-C24 Portion (B). The D-ring was readily assigned
to be a 2,6-cis-substituted dihydropyran by a ROESY
correlation between H16 and H20. The relative stereochem-
istry of the C-/D-ring juncture was assigned on the basis of
a large coupling constant (J ) 9.6 Hz) between H15 and
H16 and ROESY cross-peaks H14a/H16, H14b/H17a, and
H15/H17b. Furthermore, H7 showed significant ROESY
cross-peaks to H16 and H20, allowing us to interrelate the
relative stereochemistries of the BC- and D-rings, as shown.
A large coupling constant (J ) 9.0 Hz) between H20 and
H21 revealed an anti arrangement for these protons, and
ROESY correlations between H20/H22a and H20/H24 al-
lowed the E-ring to be a 2,5-trans-substituted tetrahydrofuran.
In addition, an unobserved ROESY correlation between 19H
and 22-CH2 indicated that C19 and C22 have an anti
arrangement, which was also supported by a transannular
NOE between H7/H22 observed in the ROESY spectrum.
C24-C31 Portion (C). The relative stereochemistry of
the 26,27-diol in 1 was unambiguously determined by its
conversion to the corresponding 26,27-O-isopropylidene
derivative 2 (Scheme 1). A threo relationship of 26,27-diol
was established by a large coupling constant (J ) 8.4 Hz)
between H26 and H27 and observed NOE data of acetonide
2, as shown. The 13C NMR chemical shifts for the dimethyl
groups on the dioxolane ring (27.7 and 27.2 ppm, respec-
tively), which were typical values for a 1,2-threo-diol
system,11 also supported the assigned configuration. Coupling
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M.; Yamaguchi, K.; Ohizumi, Y. J. Biol. Chem. 1993, 268, 26026-26031.
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H14 ) 10.8 Hz, JH13b, H14′ ) 10.8 Hz (900 MHz, acetone-d6).
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We next designed diastereomeric model compounds 5a
and 5b, whose syntheses are summarized in Scheme 2. The
Scheme 1. Chemical Derivatization of Goniodomin A
Scheme 2. Synthesis of Diastereomeric Models 5a and 5b
constants (J26,27 ) 7.8 Hz, J27,28b ) 9.6 Hz, and J27,28a < 1
Hz) and ROESY correlations between 25 ) CHa/23-CH2,
25 ) CHb/H26, H24/H27, H24/H28a, H26/H28b, and H27/
H28a of 1, allowed us to interrelate the relative stereochem-
istries of the E-ring and the C26-C28 acyclic portion.
Furthermore, the stereochemical relationship between C27
and C31 was assigned on the basis of ROESY correlations
H28a/H31 and H27/3 ) CHa.
C32-C36 Portion (D). A large coupling constant (J )
11.0 Hz)12 between H33 and H34 indicated a diaxial
arrangement for these protons and an equatorial disposition
of both methyl groups at C33 and C34. The acetal hydroxy
group at C32 was assigned as axial based on observation of
a long-range ω-coupling to H33 and a ROESY correlation
to H36a.
known compound 614 was converted to terminal olefin 7
according to the procedure of Grieco.15 Asymmetric dihy-
droxylation using AD-mix-â afforded diol 8 in high yield
and good diastereoselectivity (96% yield, dr ) 9:1). Selective
protection of the secondary alcohol in 8 as the PMB ether
was performed by the p-methoxybenzylidene acetal forma-
tion, followed by its reductive ring-opening. Oxidation under
Parikh-Doering conditions16 afforded aldehyde 10, which
was then treated with an alkynyl cerium reagent derived from
alkyne 1117 (n-BuLi, THF, -78 °C; then CeCl3, -78 f 0
°C) to afford a diastereomeric mixture of alcohols 12a and
12b in 40% and 53% yield, respectively. These alcohols were
readily separated by flash column chromatography, and the
stereochemistry at C31 of each compound was determined
by modified Mosher analysis.18 Lindlar reduction of 12a,
protection of the alcohol as its methoxyacetate, and removal
These NMR-based analyses revealed the relative configu-
rations of the entire rigid macrolide ring and the isolated
F-ring. The remaining relative stereochemistry of C31/C32
was deduced from an observed weak ROESY cross-peak
between H30 and H33. However, the presence of 32-OH
precluded the use of a vicinal coupling constant between ring-
juncture protons in clearly assigning the relative stereochem-
istry of C31/C32. Therefore, we attempted to confirm the
deduced stereochemistry by comparing the NMR data of a
degradation product with those of suitably designed model
compounds. After considerable experimentation, it was found
that treatment of goniodomin A with Pb(OAc)4 delivered
dialdehyde 3 (Scheme 1), which was immediately sub-
jected to NMR experiments due to its extremely labile
nature. Upon standing even at low temperature, compound
3 gradually decomposed to produce R,â,γ,δ-unsaturated
aldehyde 4.13
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1485-1486.
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He, Y.; Zhong, Y.-L.; Baran, P. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 2183-
2189.
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Soc. 1991, 113, 4092-4096.
(12) The coupling constant was determined from a decoupling experi-
ment.
(13) Degradation product 4 existed as an approximately 4:1 mixture of
a hemiacetal form and the corresponding hydroxyl ketone in C6D6 solution.
The corresponding acid part could not be isolated, probably due to its
instability.
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of the PMB group, followed by Dess-Martin oxidation,
afforded ketone 13a in 85% overall yield. Removal of the
silyl ethers with HF‚pyridine and oxidative cleavage of the
vicinal diol furnished the desired model compound 5a (97%,
two steps). According to the same sequence of reactions,
diastereomeric alcohol 12b was also transformed to aldehyde
5b.
contrast, model compound 5a, unstable as naturally derived
3, was subjected to silica gel chromatography to afford dienal
16 (92%), which was converted to the two authentic (S)-
1
and (R)-MTPA esters (15a and 15b), respectively. The H
NMR data of (S)-MTPA ester 14 derived from the natural
specimen was completely identical with those of synthetic
(S)-MTPA ester 15a (Figure 3), thus establishing the absolute
1
The H NMR chemical shift values of H31 and H33 for
model 5a, not for 5b, matched well those observed for the
degradation product 3 (Table 1), allowing for the confirma-
1
Table 1. Selected H NMR Data of the C27-C36 Region in
Degradation Product 3 and Synthetic Models 5a and 5b (500
MHz, Acetone-d6)
3
5a
5b
position
δH
δH
∆δ
δH
∆δ
27
28
9.72
3.48
3.62
5.98
5.75
5.69
1.21
1.67
1.27
3.55
3.89
0.96
0.89
9.71
3.44
3.60
5.93
5.73
5.66
1.20
1.66
1.23
3.56
3.89
0.94
0.88
0.01
0.04
0.02
0.05
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.04
-0.01
0.00
0.02
0.01
9.70
3.46
3.57
5.94
5.73
5.59
1.44
1.69
1.27
3.57
3.92
0.93
0.92
0.02
0.02
0.05
0.04
0.02
0.10
-0.23
-0.02
0.00
-0.02
-0.03
0.03
29
30
31
33
34
35
36
Figure 3. Partial 1H NMR spectra (600 MHz, C6D6) of (S)-MTPA
ester 14 (A), (S)-MTPA ester 15a (B), and (R)-MTPA ester 15b
(C).
configurations at C33 and C34 as 33R and 34S. Considering
all of these data, we can now assign the absolute stereo-
structure of goniodomin A, as represented in 1 (Figure 1).
In conclusion, the absolute configuration of goniodomin
A has been defined on the basis of detailed 2D NMR studies,
synthesis of suitable model compounds for NMR spectro-
scopic comparisons, degradation experiments, and correlation
with synthetic reference compounds. The present study
provides a foundation for total synthesis of this intriguing
molecule. Further studies toward the total synthesis of
goniodomin A are in progress and will be reported in due
course.
33-Me
34-Me
-0.03
tion of the relative configuration of C31/C32, as depicted in
5a.
Finally, to determine the absolute stereochemistry at C33
and C34, a degradation product 4 was converted to the
corresponding (S)-Mosher ester 14. Thus, treatment of 4 with
(R)-MTPACl (DMAP, Et3N, CH2Cl2) effected acetal ring-
opening to afford the (S)-MTPA ester 14 (Scheme 3). In
Acknowledgment. This study was supported financially
in part by the Global COE program from the Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). We are grateful to
Professor Masahiro Murakami (Kyoritsu Women’s Univer-
sity), for giving us a natural sample of goniodomin A, and
Professor Frank Soennichsen (Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity), for measurement of ultra-high-field NMR spectra.
Scheme 3. Synthesis of (S)-MTPA Ester 14 and (S)- and
(R)-MTPA Esters 15a and 15b
Supporting Information Available: 1H and 13C NMR
spectra of 1 in C6D6, acetone-d6, and CD2Cl2; COSY,
ROESY, TOCSY, HSQC, and HMBC spectra; experimental
procedures; spectroscopic data for all new compounds. This
material is available free of charge via the Internet at
http://pubs.acs.org.
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