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The synthesis and antibacterial activity of totarol derivatives. Part 2: Modifications at C-12 and O-13
Evans, Gary B.,Furneaux, Richard H.
, p. 1653 - 1662 (2007/10/03)
Alterations of the C-12 and C-13 aromatic ring substituents of totarol (1) afforded the series of derivatives 2-14, and introduction of substituents at C-12 gave exclusively 2a-14a. The majority of these analogues were tested in vitro against the following organisms: β-lactamase-positive and high level gentamycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. The results were evaluated in terms of structure-activity relationship which reveals that: (a) the phenolic moiety at C-13, in general, is essential for antibacterial activity at 32 μg/mL against Gram-positive species, and (b) derivatization at C-12 has an undesirable effect on the antibacterial activity of this class of compounds, while (c) all compounds tested are ineffective against the Gram-negative Klebsiella pneumoniae. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Rearrangement Products from the Acetylation of Totaryl Methyl Ether
Bendall, Justin G.,Cambie, Richard C.,Metzler, Michael R.,Moratti, Stephen C.,Rutledge, Peter S.,Woodgate, Paul D.
, p. 1347 - 1351 (2007/10/02)
Treatment of totaryl methyl ether (1) with MeCOCl/TiCl4 gives three products of rearrangement in addition to the expected acetyl derivative (2).The structures of these by-products are discussed together with proposed mechanisms for their formation.
Phenolic Oxidations of Totarol
Cambie, Richard C.,Higgs, Paul I.,Read, Christine M.,Rutledge, Peter S.,Ryan, Glen R.,Woodgate, Paul D.
, p. 681 - 697 (2007/10/02)
Methods for the direct oxidation of the C 12 position of totarol (1) or its methyl ether (4) have been examined.Treatment of (1) with benzeneseleninic anhydride gave the 9-hydroxy dienone (16) which on ozonolysis afforded the spiro butenolide (21), formed via the ozonide (22).The rearranged ether (18) was obtained from one oxidation with benzeneseleninic anhydride.Mercuriation of totarol and totaryl methyl ether gave the mercuriochlorides (5) and (7) but attempts to form the methoxy acetate (6) from (7) by boronation/oxidation and acetylation were unsuccessful.Treatment of totaryl methyl ether (4) with thallium(III) trifluoroacetate gave dienone 14- and 9-trifluoroacetates (25) and (17).Reaction of the (η6-arene)tricarbonylchromium(0) complexes (28) and (29) of (4) with lithioacetonitrile gave the 7α-alcohol (30) but reaction with t-butyllithium and then with copper(I) bromide/dimethyl sulfide and MoOPH gave the methoxyphenol (12) in 66percent yield.
