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Facile and Divergent Synthesis of Lamellarins and Lactam-Containing Derivatives with Improved Drug Likeness and Biological Activities
Theppawong, Atiruj,Ploypradith, Poonsakdi,Chuawong, Pitak,Ruchirawat, Somsak,Chittchang, Montakarn
, p. 2631 - 2650 (2016/02/09)
With the goal to improve the aqueous solubility of lamellarins, the lactone ring in their skeleton was replaced with a lactam moiety in azalamellarins. However, the reported synthetic route produced such derivatives in very low yields. Hence, this study focused on developing an efficient simplified total synthetic scheme that could furnish both azalamellarins and the parent lamellarins from the same pyrrole ester intermediates. Subsequent comparative profiling revealed that the introduced lactone-to-lactam replacement rendered these molecules less lipophilic, whereas their cancer cytotoxicity remained equipotent to that of the parent compounds. Interestingly, their inhibitory activity was significantly enhanced towards the multifaceted GSK-3β enzyme. Our results clearly demonstrate the therapeutic potential of this promising class of marine-derived natural products and justify their further development, especially into anticancer agents.
Total synthesis of natural and unnatural lamellarins with saturated and unsaturated D-rings
Ploypradith, Poonsakdi,Petchmanee, Thaninee,Sahakitpichan, Poolsak,Litvinas, Nichole D.,Ruchirawat, Somsak
, p. 9440 - 9448 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Twenty-eight natural and unnatural lamellarins with either a saturated or an unsaturated D-ring were synthesized according to our developed synthetic route. The key step involved the Michael addition/ring closure (Mi-RC) of the benzyldihydroisoquinoline and α-nitrocinnamate derivatives, which provided the 2-carboethoxypyrrole intermediates in moderate to good yields (up to 78% yield). Subsequent hydrogenolysis/lactonization furnished lamellarins with a saturated D-ring in excellent yields (up to 93% yield). DDQ oxidation of the saturated lamellarin acetates led directly to the corresponding unsaturated analogues in 54-95% yield. In addition, only two steps in our developed strategy require column chromatography.
Oxidative Coupling of Phenols and Phenolic Ethers. Part 4. Synthesis of Dibenzazonines and a Dibenzazecine, via Direct Coupling
McDonald, Edward,Wylie, Robert D.
, p. 1104 - 1108 (2007/10/02)
Two series of amides, N-phenethylphenylacetamides (9) and the bisphenetylamides (11), including diphenolic monophenolic, and non-phenolic types, were treated with a range of one-electron oxidants.With the tetramethoxy-derivative (11e) intramolecular coupling yielded a dibenzazonine (16) in 36percent yield.Similar oxidation of the homologue (18) gave a dibenzazecine (19) in 60percent yield.
