Facile Preparation of Bioactiveseco-Guaianolides and Guaianolides fromArtemisia gorgonumand Evaluation of Their Phytotoxicity
摘要:
Commercially available santonin was used to synthesize seven sesquiterpene lactones using a fade strategy that involved a high-yielding photochemical reaction. Three natural products from Artemisia gorgonum were synthesized in good yields, and in the case of two compounds, absolute configurations were determined from X-ray quality crystals. The structures previously reported for these compounds were revised. Sesquiterpene lactones were tested using the etiolated wheat coleoptile bioassay, and the most active compounds were assayed in standard target species, seco-Guaianolide (4) showed higher phytotoxic activities than the known herbicide Logran. This high activity could be due to the presence of a cyclopentenedione ring. These results suggest that compound 4 should be involved in defense of A. gorgorum, displaying a wide range of activities that allow proposing them as new leads for development of a natural herbicide model with a seco-guaianolide skeleton.
Iso-<i>seco</i>-tanapartholides: Isolation, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
作者:Edward F. Makiyi、Raquel F. M. Frade、Tomas Lebl、Ellis G. Jaffray、Susan E. Cobb、Alan L. Harvey、Alexandra M. Z. Slawin、Ronald T. Hay、Nicholas J. Westwood
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.200901016
日期:2009.11
The isolation, identification and total synthesis of two plant-derived inhibitors of the NF-kappaB signaling pathway from the iso-seco-tanapartholide family of natural products is described. A key step in the efficient reaction sequence is a late-stage oxidative cleavage reaction that was carried out in the absence of protecting groups to give the natural products directly. A detailed comparison of