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Metal-Free Access to (Spirocyclic)Tetrahydro-β-carbolines in Water Using an Ion-Pair as a Superacidic Precatalyst
Zhang, Zhenguo,Liu, Xiaoxiao,Ji, Liang,Zhang, Ting,Jia, Zhenhua,Loh, Teck-Peng
, p. 2052 - 2057 (2022/02/10)
The unprecedented triarylcarbonium ion-pair-catalyzed Pictet-Spengler reaction of tryptamines with aromatic aldehydes and cyclic ketones in water was disclosed. Under metal-free conditions, diverse tetrahydro-β-carbolines and spirocyclic tetrahydro-β-carb
Structural simplification of evodiamine: Discovery of novel tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives as potent antitumor agents
Ma, Zonglin,Huang, Yahui,Wan, Kun,Zhu, Fugui,Sheng, Chunquan,Chen, Shuqiang,Liu, Dan,Dong, Guoqiang
supporting information, (2021/04/02)
Natural products (NPs) have played a crucial role in the discovery and development of antitumor drugs. However, the high structural complexity of NPs generally results in unfavorable physicochemical profiles and poor drug-likeness. A powerful strategy to tackle this obstacle is the structural simplification of NPs by truncating nonessential structures. Herein, a series of tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives were designed by elimination of the D ring of NP evodiamine. Structure-activity relationship studies led to the discovery of compound 45, which displayed highly potent antitumor activity against all the tested cancer cell lines and excellent in vivo antitumor activity in the HCT116 xenograft model with low toxicity. Further mechanistic research indicated that compound 45 acted by dual Top1/2 inhibition and induced caspase-dependent cell apoptosis coupled with G2/M cell cycle arrest. This proof-of-concept study validated the effectiveness of structural simplification in NP-based drug development, discovered compound 45 as a potent antitumor lead compound and enriched the structure–activity relationships of evodiamine.
TCCA-mediated oxidative rearrangement of tetrahydro-β-carbolines: Facile access to spirooxindoles and the total synthesis of (±)-coerulescine and (±)-horsfiline
Sathish, Manda,Sakla, Akash P.,Nachtigall, Fabiane M.,Santos, Leonardo S.,Shankaraiah, Nagula
, p. 16537 - 16546 (2021/05/19)
Multi-reactive centered reagents are beneficial in chemical synthesis due to their advantage of minimal material utilization and formation of less by-products. Trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA), a reagent with three reactive centers, was employed in the synthesis of spirooxindoles through the oxidative rearrangement of various N-protected tetrahydro-β-carbolines. In this protocol, low equivalents of TCCA were required to access spirooxindoles (up to 99% yield) with a wide substrate scope. Furthermore, the applicability and robustness of this protocol were proven for the gram-scale total synthesis of natural alkaloids such as (±)-coerulescine (1) and (±)-horsfiline (2) in excellent yields.
