Balancing skeleton and functional groups in total syntheses of complex natural products: a case study of tigliane, daphnane and ingenane diterpenoids

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Liu ◽  
Zhengwei Ding† ◽  
Kai Chen ◽  
Ming Xu ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Synthetic Chemistry ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Strategic Balance

The fruitful advancement in synthetic chemistry of the title families of complex diterpenes has stimulated and enjoyed strategic balance between building the skeletons and installing the functional groups.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Natural Products and the Development of Synthetic Methodology: The Case Study of (–)-Atrop-abyssomicin C

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1701200
Author(s):  
Filip Bihelovic ◽  
Bojan Vulovic ◽  
Radomir N. Saicic
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Synthetic Route ◽  
Synthetic Methodology ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Naturally Occurring

During our attempt to follow the planned synthetic route to the naturally occurring antibiotic (–)- atrop-abyssomicin C, we encountered two shortcomings, which forced us to reconsider our tactics and find new methods to overcome the problems. These methods turned out to be of general applicability, as demonstrated later in total syntheses of two other natural products: (+)-allokainic acid and (-)-gabosine H. The paper provides a brief account of these endeavors.

On Artemisinin, Cyclopamine, D-Isocitric acid, Hyperforin, Epigenetics, Sialic Acid, and More

Synlett ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 1401-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanassios Giannis ◽  
Farnoush Mousavizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Hedgehog Signaling ◽  
Krebs Cycle ◽  
Hedgehog Signaling Pathway ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Isocitric Acid ◽  
Natural Inhibitor

In this Account we present the total syntheses of artemisinin (an important antimalarial agent) and cyclopamine (the first natural inhibitor of the hedgehog signaling pathway). Furthermore, we describe the design and development of a γ-butyrolactone as an inhibitor of Gcn5 (a histone N-acetyltransferase), discuss the discovery of hyperforin and guttiferon G as the first natural products acting as inhibitors of sirtuins, and present the design of inhibitors of sialic acid biosynthesis. The biomedical background and importance are also discussed. Finally, we present the discovery and development of methods for transesterification, IBX-mediated oxidations, reduction of several functional groups with LiBH4/Me3SiCl, as well as a process enabling the synthesis of kilogram amounts of D-isocitric acid and its transformation to valuable chiral derivatives.1 Artemisinin and Malaria2 Cyclopamine and Cyclops3 Sunflowers, Krebs Cycle, and Isocitric acid4 Histones and N-Acetyltransferase Gcn55 St. John’s Wort, Hippocrates, and Sirtuins6 Sialic Acid and Inhibitors of Its Biosynthesis7 Transesterification8 IBX Reloaded9 And Finally: A Small Mistake with a Big Impact10 Epilogue

Formal Total Syntheses of Crocacin A-D

2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 1696-1708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Besev ◽  
Christof Brehm ◽  
Alois Fürstner
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Aldol Reaction ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Coupling Reactions ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
Cross Coupling Reactions ◽  
Palladium Catalyzed ◽  
The Common ◽  
Selective Addition

A concise route to the common polyketide fragment5of crocacin A-D (1-4) is presented which has previously been converted into all members of this fungicidal and cytotoxic family of dipeptidic natural products by various means. Our synthesis features asyn-selective titanium aldol reaction controlled by a valinol-derived auxiliary, a zinc-mediated, palladium-catalyzedanti-selective addition of propargyl mesylate10to the chiral aldehyde9, as well as a comparison of palladium-catalyzed Stille and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions for the formation of the diene moiety of the target.

scholarly journals Non-Enzymatic Desymmetrization Reactions in Aqueous Media

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 720
Author(s):  
Satomi Niwayama
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Organic Reactions ◽  
Environmentally Benign ◽  
Enzymatic Desymmetrization

Symmetric organic compounds are generally obtained inexpensively, and therefore they can be attractive building blocks for the total synthesis of various pharmaceuticals and natural products. The drawback is that discriminating the identical functional groups in the symmetric compounds is difficult. Water is the most environmentally benign and inexpensive solvent. However, successful organic reactions in water are rather limited due to the hydrophobicity of organic compounds in general. Therefore, desymmetrization reactions in aqueous media are expected to offer versatile strategies for the synthesis of a variety of significant organic compounds. This review focuses on the recent progress of desymmetrization reactions of symmetric organic compounds in aqueous media without utilizing enzymes.

A chemoinformatic analysis of atoms, scaffolds and functional groups in natural products

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joelle Ngo Hanna ◽  
Boris D. Bekono ◽  
Luc C. O. Owono ◽  
Flavien A. A. Toze ◽  
James A. Mbah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Atomic Composition ◽  
Synthetic Compounds ◽  
Chemical Libraries ◽  
Synthetic Drugs ◽  
Drugs Analysis ◽  
Chemical Class

Abstract In the quest to know why natural products (NPs) have often been considered as privileged scaffolds for drug discovery purposes, many investigations into the differences between NPs and synthetic compounds have been carried out. Several attempts to answer this question have led to the investigation of the atomic composition, scaffolds and functional groups (FGs) of NPs, in comparison with synthetic drugs analysis. This chapter briefly describes an atomic enumeration method for chemical libraries that has been applied for the analysis of NP libraries, followed by a description of the main differences between NPs of marine and terrestrial origin in terms of their general physicochemical properties, most common scaffolds and “drug-likeness” properties. The last parts of the work describe an analysis of scaffolds and FGs common in NP libraries, focusing on huge NP databases, e.g. those in the Dictionary of Natural Products (DNP), NPs from cyanobacteria and the largest chemical class of NP – terpenoids.

Pentafulvene for the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products: Total Syntheses of (±)-Pallambins A and B

2015 ◽  
Vol 127 (38) ◽  
pp. 11379-11382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Ebner ◽  
Erick M. Carreira
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Syntheses
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