Notes
Journal of Natural Products, 2008, Vol. 71, No. 10 1785
spectrometer and reported in cm-1. Low-resolution mass spectra were
obtained on an Agilent 1200 LCMS with electrospray ionization. High-
resolution mass spectra were recorded on a Waters QToF-API-US plus
Acquity system with electrospray ionization. Analytical thin-layer
chromatography was performed on 250 µM silica gel 60 F254 plates.
Merck silica gel (60, particle size 0.040-0.063 mm) was used for flash
column chromatography. Analytical HPLC was performed on an Agilent
1200 analytical LCMS with UV detection at 214 and 254 nm along
with ELSD detection. All reactions were carried out under an argon
atmosphere employing standard chemical techniques. Solvents for
extraction, washing, and chromatography were HPLC grade. All
reagents were purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co. at the highest
commercial quality and were used without purification. Microwave-
assisted reactions were conducted using a Biotage Initiator-60. All yields
refer to analytically pure and fully characterized materials (1H NMR,
13C NMR, analytical LCMS, and HRMS).
4-Bromo-N-(3-bromo-4-methoxyphenethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-car-
boxamide (6). To a stirred solution of acid 1 (1.00 g, 5.3 mmol),
N-hydroxybenoztriazole (HOBt) (1.50 g, 11.0 mmol), and amine 5 (1.21
g, 5.3 mmol) in 9:1 CH2Cl2/DIEA at 25 °C was added diisopropyl-
carbodiimide (DIC) (1.33 g, 10.6 mmol), and the mixture was stirred
overnight. After quenching with 250 mL of H2O, the reaction was added
to a 500 mL separatory funnel and washed with 3 × 200 mL of CH2Cl2.
The organic layers were combined and washed with 500 mL of saturated
aqueous brine solution. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and
concentrated in Vacuo to yield the crude coupled product. The crude
material was then subjected to flash chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes,
1:1) to give pure 6 as a white solid (1.98 g, 4.9 mmol, 93% yield): UV
(MeOH) λmax (log ε) 288 (2.06) nm; IR (KBr) νmax 3224, 2941, 1631,
1565, 1521, 1495, 1455, 1429, 1383, 1345, 1325, 1276, 1255, 1130,
1055, 1019, 921, 823, 759, 744, 600 cm-1; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-
d6) δ 8.13 (t, J ) 5.6 Hz, 1H), 7.43 (d, J ) 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.17 (dd, J
) 1.6, 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (d, J ) 8.4 Hz, 1H), 6.96 (m, 1H), 6.82 (s,
1H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.40 (q, J ) 6.8 Hz, 2H), 2.74 (t, J ) 7.2 Hz, 2H);
13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 159.5, 153.7, 133.3, 132.9, 129.1,
126.9, 121.1, 112.5, 111.3, 110.4, 94.9, 56.1, 40.1, 33.8; HRMS (Q-
TOF) m/z 400.9517 (calc for C14H14Br2N2O2, 400.9500).
Hz, 1H), 7.14 (dd, J ) 2.0, 8.4 Hz, 1H), 6.93 (d, J ) 8.4 Hz, 1H),
6.89 (d, J ) 1.2 Hz, 1H), 6.70 (d, J ) 1.6 Hz, 1H), 4.05 (t, J ) 6.0
Hz, 2H), 3.47 (t, J ) 7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.78 (t, J ) 7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.61 (t, J
) 7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.30 (s, 6H), 1.99 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, MeOH-
d4) δ 162.5, 155.2, 134.5, 130.1, 127.6, 122.7, 114.6, 113.1, 112.9,
97.4, 68.2, 57.4, 49.0, 45.4, 42.0, 35.6, 28.0; HRMS (Q-TOF) m/z
472.0243 (calc for C18H23Br2N3O2, 472.0235).
4-Bromo-N-(3-bromo-4-(3-(dimethylamino)propoxy)phenethyl)-
1H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide Hydrochloride, Dispyrin-HCl (8). Dis-
pyrin (1) (400 mg, 845 mmol) was dissolved in MeOH (20 mL). HCl
gas was bubbled through the solution for 10 min. The solvent was
removed in situ and washed with anhydrous ether (3 × 20 mL) to afford
Dispyrin-HCl (8) as a white solid (420 mg, 98%): UV (MeOH) λmax
(log ε) 287 (1.48) nm; IR (KBr) νmax 3232, 2955, 2360, 2341, 1676,
1
1629, 1566, 1496, 1466, 1253, 1202, 1132, 1055, 799, 721 cm-1; H
NMR (400 MHz, MeOH-d4) δ 7.45 (d, J ) 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.17 (dd, J )
2.0, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 6.97 (d, J ) 8.0 Hz, 1H), 6.90 (d, J ) 1.6 Hz, 1H),
6.72 (d, J ) 1.6 Hz, 1H), 4.15 (t, J ) 5.6 Hz, 2H), 3.48 (t, J ) 7.6 Hz,
2H), 3.39 (t, J ) 7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.96 (s, 6H), 2.80 (t, J ) 7.2 Hz, 2H),
2.25 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, MeOH-d4) δ 162.6, 154.7, 135.3,
134.6, 130.4, 127.6, 122.8, 114.8, 113.3, 112.9, 97.5, 67.5, 57.2, 43.8,
42.0, 35.6, 25.7; HRMS (Q-TOF) m/z 472.0235 (calc for
C18H24Br2N3O2, 472.0234).
Biological Assays. All biological assays were conducted at MDS
Pharma according to published protocols.7-10
Acknowledgment. The authors thank the Vanderbilt Department
of Pharmacology and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology
(VICB) for support of this research. J.P.K. thanks the VICB for a
predoctoral fellowship.
Supporting Information Available: General experimental proce-
1
dures, preparation of compounds 1, 6, 7, and 8, along with H NMR,
13C NMR, and high-resolution mass spectral data. This material is
References and Notes
4-Bromo-N-(3-bromo-4-hydroxyphenethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-car-
boxamide (7). To a stirred solution of coupled material 6 (1.00 g, 2.5
mmol) in anhydrous CH2Cl2 under argon at -78 °C was added BBr3
(10 mL, 10 mmol, 1.0 M solution in CH2Cl2) over 20 min. The solution
was stirred at -78 °C for 30 min and then allowed to warm to 25 °C
for 1.5 h. The reaction was slowly quenched with saturated aqueous
NaHCO3 until slightly basic by pH paper. This solution was added to
a 1 L separatory funnel containing 500 mL of H2O and extracted with
3 × 300 mL of CH2Cl2. The combined organic layers were washed
with 500 mL of saturated aqueous brine solution. The organic layer
was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in Vacuo to yield the
deprotected product 7 (0.89 g, 2.3 mmol, 92% yield). This material
was used without further purification. UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 288
(1.57) nm; IR (KBr) νmax 3409, 1608, 1564, 1508, 1425, 1384, 1327,
921, 600 cm-1; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 9.98 (br s, 1H) 8.11
(t, J ) 5.2 Hz, 1H), 7.33 (d, J ) 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.02 (dd, J ) 2.0, 8.4
Hz, 1H), 6.95 (m, 1H), 6.85 (d, J ) 8.0 Hz, 1H), 6.80 (d, J ) 2.0 Hz,
1H), 3.37 (m, 2H), 2.68 (t, J ) 6.8 Hz, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
DMSO-d6) δ 159.5, 152.3, 132.7, 131.6, 128.9, 126.9, 121.0, 116.2,
111.3, 109.0, 94.9, 40.2, 33.9; HRMS (Q-TOF) m/z 386.9359 (calc for
C13H12Br2N2O2, 386.9344).
(1) (a) Forenza, S.; Minale, L.; Riccio, R.; Fattorusso, E. J. Chem. Soc.,
Chem. Commun. 1971, 1129–1130. (b) Garcia, E. E.; Benjamin, R. I.;
Fryer, R. I. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1973, 78–79. (c) Keiffer,
P. A.; Schwartz, R. E.; Koker, M. E.; Hughes, R. G.; Rittschof, D.;
Reinhart, K. L. J. Org. Chem. 1977, 42, 2965–2875. (d) Gautschi,
J. T.; Whitman, S.; Holman, T. R.; Crews, P. J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67,
1256–1261.
(2) Pina, I. C.; White, K. N.; Cabrera, G.; Rivero, E.; Crews, P. J. Nat.
Prod. 2007, 70, 613–617.
(3) Miller, C. A.; Kauffman, P. R.; Jensen; Fenical, W. J. Org. Chem.
2007, 72, 323–330.
(4) (a) Tan, D. S.; Foley, M.; Shair, M. D.; Shreiber, S. L. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2000, 122, 422–423. (b) Pelish, H. E.; Westwood, N.; Feng, Y.;
Kirchhausen, T.; Shair, M. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6740–
6741. (c) Lindsley, C. W.; Bogusky, M. J.; Leister, W. H.; McClain,
R. T.; Robinson, R. R.; Barnett, S. F.; Defeo-Jones, D.; Ross, C. W.;
Hartman, G. D. Tetrahedron. Lett. 2005, 46, 2279–2782.
(5) See Supporting Information for full experimental details.
(6) For information on MDS Pharma Services, assay details, and available
(7) Kenny, B. A.; Chalmers, D. H.; Philpott, P. C.; Naylor, A. M Br. J.
Pharmacol. 1995, 115, 981–986.
(8) Uhlen, S.; Porter, A. C.; Neubig, R. R. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 1994,
271, 1558–1565.
(9) Ruat, M.; Traiffort, E.; Bouthenet, M. L.; Schwartz, J. C.; Hirschfeld,
J.; Buschauer, A.; Schunack, W. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1990,
87, 1658–1662.
(10) (a) Yanai, K.; Ryu, J. H.; Sakai, N.; Takahashi, T.; Iwata, R.; Ido, T.;
Murakami, K.; Wantanbe, T. Jpn. J. Pharmacol. 1994, 65, 107–112.
(b) Zhu, Y.; Machalovich, D.; Wu, H-L.; Tan, K. B.; Dytko, G. M.;
Mannan, I. J.; Boyce, R. J.; Alston, J.; Tierney, L. A.; Li, X.; Herrity,
N. C.; Vawter, L.; Sarau, H. M.; Ames, R. S.; Davenport, C. M.;
Hieble, J. P.; Wilson, S.; Bergsma, D. J.; Fitzgerald, L. R. Mol.
Pharmacol. 2001, 59, 434–441.
(11) (a) Piascik, M. T.; Guarino, R. D.; Smith, M. S.; Soltis, E. E.; Saussy,
D. L.; Perez, D. M. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 1995, 275, 1583–1588.
(b) Chu, C.-P.; Kunitake, T.; Kato, K.; Watanabe, S.; Qui, D.-L.;
Tanoue, A.; Kannan, H. Neurosci. Lett. 2004, 356, 33–36.
(12) Makartis, K.; Johns, C.; Gavras, I.; Altman, J. D.; Handy, D. E.;
Bresnahan, M. R.; Gavras, H. Hypertension 1999, 34 (3), 403–407.
(13) Ganellin, C. R. Analogue-Based Drug DiscoVery 2006, 71–80.
4-Bromo-N-(3-bromo-4-(3-(dimethylamino)propoxy)phenethyl)-
1H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide, Dispyrin (1). In a 20 mL microwave vial
containing 4 (1.0 g, 2.6 mmol), amine 7 (0.49 g, 3.1 mmol), KI (1.29
g, 7.8 mmol), and Cs2CO3 (2.54 g, 7.8 mmol) was added anhydrous
DMF (15 mL). This was heated under microwave conditions at 160
°C for 20 min. The reaction was filtered, concentrated in Vacuo, and
purified via reversed-phase HPLC to obtain pure dispyrin as the TFA
salt. This material was dissolved in a minimal amount of MeOH and
added to a 60 mL SCX solid-phase extraction column, which was
washed with 2 column volumes of MeOH. The material was removed
from the column by eluting with 2 column volumes of 2 M NH3 in
MeOH. This was again concentrated in Vacuo to obtain pure dispyrin
(1) as the free base (0.98 g, 2.1 mmol, 80% yield): UV (MeOH) λmax
(log ε) 293 (2.40) nm; IR (KBr) νmax 3223, 2948, 2864, 2825, 2780,
2360, 2340, 1629, 1565, 1523, 1495, 1467, 1386, 1325, 1279, 1253,
1
1054, 668 cm-1; H NMR (400 MHz, MeOH-d4) δ 7.42 (d, J ) 2.0