The Multiple Multicomponent Approach to Natural Product Mimics: Tubugis, N-Substituted Anticancer Peptides with Picomolar Activity
作者:Orlando Pando、Sebastian Stark、Annika Denkert、Andrea Porzel、Rainer Preusentanz、Ludger A. Wessjohann
DOI:10.1021/ja2022027
日期:2011.5.25
The synthesis of a new generation of highly cytotoxic tubulysin analogues (i.e., tubugis) is described. In the key step, the rare, unstable, and synthetically difficult to introduce tertiary amide-N,O-acetal moiety required for high potency in natural tubulysins is replaced by a dipeptoid element formed in an Ugi four-component reaction. Two of the four components required are themselves produced by other multicomponent reactions (MCRs). Thus, the tubugis represent the first examples of the synthesis of natural-product-inspired compounds using three intertwined isonitrile MCRs.