Regiochemical control of the ring opening of aziridines by means of chelating processes. 2. Synthesis and ring-opening reactions of aziridines derived from 5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran and of the diastereoisomeric cis- and trans-aziridines derived from 3-(benzyloxy)cyclohexene, 2-(benzyloxy)-3,6-dihydro-, and 2-(benzyloxy)-6-methyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran
作者:Paolo Crotti、Valeria Di Bussolo、Lucilla Favero、Mauro Pineschi
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(96)01054-x
日期:1997.1
The regiochemical outcome of the ring opening of the activated and unactivated title aziridines was examined. In some cases a nice degree of regiocontrol can be obtained depending on the opening reaction conditions (standard, metal-assisted, or under acid-proton catalysis). The results have been rationalized by admitting the incursion, under appropriate reaction conditions, of chelated bidentate structures
De Novo Synthesis of the Trisaccharide Subunit of Landomycins A and E
作者:Maoquan Zhou、George A. O’Doherty
DOI:10.1021/ol800697k
日期:2008.6.5
A highly enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of alpha-L-rhodinose, beta-D-olivose as well as the trisaccharide portion of landomycin A from achiral acetyl furan has been developed. The key transformations include the palladium-catalyzed glycosylation, Myers' reductive rearrangement, diastereoselective dihydroxylation, and regioselective Mitsunobu inversion. A Mitsunobu reaction on a six member ring cis-1,2-diol was found to chemoselectively discriminate between equatorial and axial alcohols and to stereoselectively convert cis-1,2-diol into ant 1,2-diol.
A Direct Comparison of the Anticancer Activities of Digitoxin MeON-Neoglycosides and <i>O</i>-Glycosides
作者:Anand Krishnan V. Iyer、Maoquan Zhou、Neelam Azad、Hosam Elbaz、Leo Wang、Derek K. Rogalsky、Yon Rojanasakul、George A. O'Doherty、Joseph M. Langenhan
DOI:10.1021/ml1000933
日期:2010.10.14
Digitoxin is a cardiac glycoside currently being investigated for potential use in oncology; however, an investigation of anticancer activity as a function, of oligosaccharide chain length has not yet been performed. We generated mono-, di-, and tri-O-digitoxoside derivatives, of digitoxin and compared their activities to the corresponding MeON-neoglycosides. Both classes of cardenolide derivatives display comparable oligosaccharide chain length-dependent cytotoxicity toward human cancer cell lines. Further investigation revealed that both classes of compounds induce caspase-9-mediated apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cells (NCI-H460). Because O-glycosides and MeON-neoglycosides share a similar mode of action, the convenience of MeON-neoglycosylation could be exploited in future SAR work to rapidly survey large numbers of carbohydrates to prioritize selected O-glycoside candidates for traditional synthesis.