Desmethyl Macrolides: Synthesis and Evaluation of 4,8,10-Tridesmethyl Telithromycin
摘要:
There is an urgent need to discover new drugs to address the pressing problem of antibiotic resistance. Macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin (1) are safe, broad spectrum antibiotics used in the clinic since 1954. Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of 4,8,10-tridesmethyl telithromycin (3), a novel desmethyl analogue of the third-generation drug telithromycin (2), which is a semisynthetic derivative of 1. Analogue 3 was found to possess antibiotic activity and was superior to telithromycin (2) when tested against resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus possessing an A -> T mutation at position 2058 (Escherichia coli numbering).
Desmethyl Macrolides: Synthesis and Evaluation of 4,8,10-Tridesmethyl Telithromycin
摘要:
There is an urgent need to discover new drugs to address the pressing problem of antibiotic resistance. Macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin (1) are safe, broad spectrum antibiotics used in the clinic since 1954. Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of 4,8,10-tridesmethyl telithromycin (3), a novel desmethyl analogue of the third-generation drug telithromycin (2), which is a semisynthetic derivative of 1. Analogue 3 was found to possess antibiotic activity and was superior to telithromycin (2) when tested against resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus possessing an A -> T mutation at position 2058 (Escherichia coli numbering).
Total Synthesis of (−)-4,8,10-Tridesmethyl Telithromycin
作者:Venkata Velvadapu、Tapas Paul、Bharat Wagh、Ian Glassford、Charles DeBrosse、Rodrigo B. Andrade
DOI:10.1021/jo201319b
日期:2011.9.16
Novel sources of antibiotics are required to address the serious problem of antibiotic resistance. Telithromycin (2) is a third-generation macrolide antibiotic prepared from erythromycin (1) and used clinically since 2004. Herein we report the details of our efforts that ultimately led to the total synthesis of (-)-4,8,10-tridesmethyl telithromycin (3) wherein methyl groups have been replaced with hydrogens. The synthesis of desmethyl macrolides has emerged as a novel strategy for preparing bioactive antibiotics.