Essential structural features of acetogenins: role of hydroxy groups adjacent to the bis-THF rings
摘要:
The presence of two hydroxy groups adjacent to the THF ring(s) is a common structural feature of natural acetogenins. To elucidate the role of each hydroxy group in the inhibitory action of acetogenins, we synthesized three acetogenin analogues which lack either or both of the hydroxy groups, and investigated their inhibitory activities with bovine heart mitochondrial complex I. Our results indicate that the presence of either of the two hydroxy groups sufficiently sustains a potent inhibitory effect. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A Concise Synthesis of Solamin and cis-Solamin, Mono-THF Acetogenins from Annona muricata
摘要:
A concise total synthesis of solamin (1) and cis-solamin (2) was performed using an epoxy alcohol (11) as a versatile chiral building block for synthesizing the stereoisomers of the mono-THF annonaceous acetogenins.
Acetogenin analogs in which the bis-adjacent THF ring was replaced with an enantioselectively synthesized 1,2-cyclo-pentanediol bis-ether skeleton were synthesized to obtain simplified mimics, and their inhibitory effect on mitochondrial NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) was examined. The results clearly demonstrate that the 1,2-cyclopentanediol bis-ether motif can substitute for the bis-THF ring while maintaining very potent inhibitory activity at the nanomolar level. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Syntheses of a Pyrrolidine Analog of a Tetrahydrofuran Containing Acetogenin, cis-Solamin
Practical synthesis of a pyrrolidine analog of a mono-THE acetogenin as a proto-type analog to evaluate the effect of a heteroatom in the mono-THF ring of acetogenins was achieved using Pd(II)-catalyzed diastereo-selective cyclization. Ligand-less PdCl2 catalyzed cyclization yielded the desired pyrrolidine derivative as a single major product having the desired relative configurations. Coupling of the pyrrolidine fragment with a known gamma-lactone-containing fragment via a Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction yielded the desired aza-cis-solamin analog.