Total synthesis of aristolactam alkaloids via synergistic C–H bond activation and dehydro-Diels–Alder reactions
作者:Mallu Chenna Reddy、Masilamani Jeganmohan
DOI:10.1039/c7sc00161d
日期:——
concise total synthesis of aristolactam alkaloids by a synergistic combination of C–H bond activation and dehydro-Diels–Alder reactions is described. To achieve the synthesis two new synthetic methodologies, namely the oxidative cyclization of benzamides with vinyl sulfone leading to 3-methyleneisoindolin-1-ones via a ruthenium-catalyzed C–H bond activation, and a dehydro-Diels–Alder reaction followed by
A series of natural aristolactams and their analogues have been prepared and evaluated for antitumor activity against human cancer cells, including multi-drug resistant cell lines. Naturally occurring aristolactams, such as aristolactam BII (cepharanone B), aristolactam BIII, aristolactam FI (piperolactam A), N-methyl piperolactam A, and sauristolactam showed moderate antitumor activities in selected cell lines. However, several synthetic aristolactam derivatives exhibited potent antitumor activities against a broad array of cancer cell lines with GI(50) values in the submicromolar range. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.