Total Synthesis of Apoptolidin: Construction of Enantiomerically Pure Fragments
作者:K. C. Nicolaou、Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou、Holger Monenschein、Yiwei Li、Bernd Weyershausen、Helen J. Mitchell、Heng-xu Wei、Prasuna Guntupalli、David Hepworth、Kazuyuki Sugita
DOI:10.1021/ja0304953
日期:2003.12.1
A general strategy for the totalsynthesis of the antitumor agent apoptolidin (1) is proposed, and the chemical synthesis of the defined key building blocks (4, 5, 6, 8, and 9) in their enantiomerically pure forms is described. The projected totalsynthesis calls for a dithiane coupling reaction to construct the C(20)-C(21) bond, a Stille coupling reaction to form the C(11)-C(12) bond, and a Yamaguchi
Derivatives of apoptolidin, including skeletal homologues, are potent and selective apoptosis-inducing agents which, unlike apoptolidin, do not undergo isomerization under physiological conditions. These compounds exhibit antitumor properties, often superior to those of apoptolidin, and as such can be used in the treatment of cancer and other hyperproliferative disorders.