Dolabellin, a Cytotoxic Bisthiazole Metabolite from the Sea Hare Dolabella auricularia: Structural Determination and Synthesis
摘要:
Dolabellin (1), a novel cytotoxic metabolite which consists of two thiazole hydroxy acids and a new dichlorinated beta-hydroxy acid, was isolated from the Japanese sea hare Dolabella auricularia. The gross structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectral data in conjunction with chemical degradations, which provided three methyl esters: methyl 2-(1-hydroxy-2 -methylpropyl)thiazole-4-carboxylate (2), methyl 2-(1,2-dihydroxyethyl)thiazole-4-carboxylate (3), and methyl 7,7-dichloro-3-hydroxy-2-methyloctanoate (4). The absolute stereochemistry of 1 was determined by stereoselective syntheses of two degradation products 2 and 3 and two diastereomeric octanoates 7a,b (the dechloro derivatives of degradation product 4), and the enantioselective total synthesis of dolabellin itself. Dechlorodolabellin (23) was also synthesized.
Chiraloxazolines, as their boron enolates derived from various boron triflates, react with aldehydes to give erythro-selectivity (97% + %) with enantiomeric purities of 50–60%. Achiral oxazolines as their boron enolates derived from diisopinocampheylborane give, on reaction with aldehydes, β-hydroxy esters with high threo-selectivity (90+%) in 77–85% ee. A variety of structurally different oxazolines