Oxidative cyclization for the synthesis of complex tetrahydrofuran-containing natural products

2013 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1175-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. C. Pullin ◽  
Radosław M. Lipiński ◽  
Timothy J. Donohoe
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Excitatory Amino Acid ◽  
Oxidative Cyclization ◽  
Annonaceous Acetogenins ◽  
Hydride Shift ◽  
Vicinal Diols ◽  
Shift Sequence

The osmium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of vicinal diols onto proximal olefins to generate 2,5-cis-substituted tetrahydrofurans (THFs) has been exploited as the key step for the construction of several complex THF-containing natural products, namely, the annonaceous acetogenins cis-sylvaticin, sylvaticin, and the excitatory amino acid neo-dysiherbaine A. Recently modified conditions that employ a Lewis acid enable the cyclization to proceed under milder conditions, providing greater tolerance to acid-sensitive functional groups, as demonstrated in two of the syntheses. Flexibility for the construction of 2,5-trans-THFs was demonstrated in the synthesis of sylvaticin by utilization of an intramolecular hydride-shift sequence.

scholarly journals Site-switchable mono-O-allylation of polyols

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Tang ◽  
Yu-Biao Tian ◽  
Hongyan Cui ◽  
Ren-Zhe Li ◽  
Xia Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Grand Challenge ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Direct Derivatization ◽  
A Site ◽  
Site Selective

Abstract Site-selective modification of complex molecules allows for rapid accesses to their analogues and derivatives, and, therefore, offers highly valuable opportunities to probe their functions. However, to selectively manipulate one out of many repeatedly occurring functional groups within a substrate represents a grand challenge in chemistry. Yet more demanding is to develop methods in which alterations to the reaction conditions lead to switching of the specific site of reaction. We report herein the development of a Pd/Lewis acid co-catalytic system that achieves not only site-selective, but site-switchable mono-O-allylation of polyols with readily available reagents and catalysts. Through exchanging the Lewis acid additives that recognize specific hydroxyls in a polyol substrate, our system managed to install a versatile allyl group to the target in a site-switchable manner. Our design demonstrates remarkable scope, and is amenable to the direct derivatization of various complex, bioactive natural products.

scholarly journals Collective synthesis of acetylenic pharmaceuticals via enantioselective Nickel/Lewis acid-catalyzed propargylic alkylation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihao Chang ◽  
Jiayin Zhang ◽  
Lingzi Peng ◽  
Chang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Natural Products ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Mild Condition ◽  
Substitution Reaction ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Propargylic Substitution

AbstractChiral acetylenic derivatives are found in many bioactive compounds and are versatile functional groups in organic chemistry. Here, we describe an enantioselective nickel/Lewis acid-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic substitution reaction from simple achiral materials under mild condition. The introduction of a Lewis acid cocatalyst is crucial to the efficiency of the transformation. Notably, we investigate this asymmetric propargylic substitution reaction for the development of a range of structurally diverse natural products. The power of this strategy is highlighted by the collective synthesis of seven biologically active compounds: (−)-Thiohexital, (+)-Thiopental, (+)-Pentobarbital, (−)-AMG 837, (+)-Phenoxanol, (+)-Citralis, and (−)-Citralis Nitrile.

Imine Based Self-Healing Hydrogel Triggered by Periodate

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Wolfel ◽  
Cecilia Inés Alvarez Igarzabal ◽  
Marcelo Ricardo Romero
Keyword(s):  
Functional Groups ◽  
Time Window ◽  
Crosslinking Reaction ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Swelling Properties ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Smart Systems ◽  
Primary Amino ◽  
Vicinal Diols ◽  
Aldehyde Groups

<p>Design of materials with novel sensitivities and smart behaviour is important for the development of smart systems with automated responsiveness. We have recently reported the synthesis of hydrogels, cross-linked by <i>N,N'</i>-diallyltartardiamide (DAT). The covalent DAT-crosslinking points have vicinal diols which can be easily cleaved with periodate, generating valuable a-oxo-aldehyde functional groups, useful for further chemical modification. Based on those findings, we envisioned that a self-healable hydrogel could be obtained by incorporation of primary amino functional groups, from <a>2-aminoethyl methacrylate </a>hydrochloride (AEMA), coexisting with DAT into the same network. The a-oxo-aldehyde groups generated after the reaction with periodate would arise in the immediate environment of amine groups to form imine cross-links. For this purpose, DAT-crosslinked hydrogels were synthesized and carefully characterized. The cleavage of DAT-crosslinks with periodate promoted changes in the mechanical and swelling properties of the materials. As expected, a self-healing behavior was observed, based on the spontaneous formation of imine covalent bonds. In addition, we surprisingly found a combination of fast vicinal diols cleavage and a low speed self-crosslinking reaction by imine formation. Consequently, it was found a time-window in which a periodate-treated polymer was obtained in a transient liquid state, which can be exploited to choose the final shape of the material, before automated gelling. The singular properties attained on these hydrogels could be useful for developing sensors, actuators, among other smart systems.</p>

A Strategy for Thioamide Incorporation During Fmoc Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis with Robust Stereochemical Integrity

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
luis camacho III ◽  
Bryan J. Lampkin ◽  
Brett VanVeller
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Side Chains ◽  
Amino Acid Side Chains ◽  
Peptide Elongation

We describe a method to protect the sensitive stereochemistry of the thioamide—in analogy to the protection of the functional groups of amino acid side chains—in order to preserve the thioamide moiety during peptide elongation.<br>

Enantioselective Syntheses of Flavonoid Diels-Alder Natural Products: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shah Bakhtiar Nasir ◽  
Noorsaadah Abd Rahman ◽  
Chin Fei Chee
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Enantioselective Synthesis ◽  
Chiral Ligand ◽  
Asymmetric Syntheses ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction ◽  
Enantioselective Syntheses

Background: The Diels-Alder reaction has been widely utilised in the syntheses of biologically important natural products over the years and continues to greatly impact modern synthetic methodology. Recent discovery of chiral organocatalysts, auxiliaries and ligands in organic synthesis has paved the way for their application in Diels-Alder chemistry with the goal to improve efficiency as well as stereochemistry. Objective: The review focuses on asymmetric syntheses of flavonoid Diels-Alder natural products that utilize chiral ligand-Lewis acid complexes through various illustrative examples. Conclusion: It is clear from the review that a significant amount of research has been done investigating various types of catalysts and chiral ligand-Lewis acid complexes for the enantioselective synthesis of flavonoid Diels-Alder natural products. The results have demonstrated improved yield and enantioselectivity. Much emphasis has been placed on the synthesis but important mechanistic work aimed at understanding the enantioselectivity has also been discussed.

ATP potently modulates anion channel-mediated excitatory amino acid release from cultured astrocytes

2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (2) ◽  
pp. C569-C578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Mongin ◽  
Harold K. Kimelberg
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Excitatory Amino Acid ◽  
Atp Release ◽  
Anion Channel ◽  
P2y Receptors ◽  
Cell Swelling ◽  
Channel Blockers ◽  
Medium Osmolarity ◽  
Subsequent Activation

Volume-dependent ATP release and subsequent activation of purinergic P2Y receptors have been implicated as an autocrine mechanism triggering activation of volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs) in hepatoma cells. In the brain ATP is released by both neurons and astrocytes and participates in intercellular communication. We explored whether ATP triggers or modulates the release of excitatory amino acid (EAAs) via VRACs in astrocytes in primary culture. Under basal conditions exogenous ATP (10 μM) activated a small EAA release in 70–80% of the cultures tested. In both moderately (5% reduction of medium osmolarity) and substantially (35% reduction of medium osmolarity) swollen astrocytes, exogenous ATP greatly potentiated EAA release. The effects of ATP were mimicked by P2Y agonists and eliminated by P2Y antagonists or the ATP scavenger apyrase. In contrast, the same pharmacological maneuvers did not inhibit volume-dependent EAA release in the absence of exogenous ATP, ruling out a requirement of autocrine ATP release for VRAC activation. The ATP effect in nonswollen and moderately swollen cells was eliminated by a 5–10% increase in medium osmolarity or by anion channel blockers but was insensitive to tetanus toxin pretreatment, further supporting VRAC involvement. Our data suggest that in astrocytes ATP does not trigger EAA release itself but acts synergistically with cell swelling. Moderate cell swelling and ATP may serve as two cooperative signals in bidirectional neuron-astrocyte communication in vivo.

scholarly journals Commissural Interneurons in Rhythm Generation and Intersegmental Coupling in the Lamprey Spinal Cord

1999 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 2037-2045 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Excitatory Amino Acid ◽  
Rhythmic Activity ◽  
Ventral Root ◽  
Rhythm Generation ◽  
Spinal Segment ◽  
Spinal Segments ◽  
Autocorrelation Method

Commissural interneurons in rhythm generation and intersegmental coupling in the lamprey spinal cord. To test the necessity of spinal commissural interneurons in the generation of the swim rhythm in lamprey, longitudinal midline cuts of the isolated spinal cord preparation were made. Fictive swimming was then induced by bath perfusion with an excitatory amino acid while recording ventral root activity. When the spinal cord preparation was cut completely along the midline into two lateral hemicords, the rhythmic activity of fictive swimming was lost, usually replaced with continuous ventral root spiking. The loss of the fictive swim rhythm was not due to nonspecific damage produced by the cut because rhythmic activity was present in split regions of spinal cord when the split region was still attached to intact cord. The quality of this persistent rhythmic activity, quantified with an autocorrelation method, declined with the distance of the split spinal segment from the remaining intact spinal cord. The deterioration of the rhythm was characterized by a lengthening of burst durations and a shortening of the interburst silent phases. This pattern of deterioration suggests a loss of rhythmic inhibitory inputs. The same pattern of rhythm deterioration was seen in preparations with the rostral end of the spinal cord cut compared with those with the caudal end cut. The results of this study indicate that commissural interneurons are necessary for the generation of the swimming rhythm in the lamprey spinal cord, and the characteristic loss of the silent interburst phases of the swimming rhythm is consistent with a loss of inhibitory commissural interneurons. The results also suggest that both descending and ascending commissural interneurons are important in the generation of the swimming rhythm. The swim rhythm that persists in the split cord while still attached to an intact portion of spinal cord is thus imposed by interneurons projecting from the intact region of cord into the split region. These projections are functionally short because rhythmic activity was lost within approximately five spinal segments from the intact region of spinal cord.

Intramolecular Diels–Alder Reactions of Oxazoles, Imidazoles, and Thiazoles

Synthesis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wipf ◽  
Thanh T. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Acid Catalysis ◽  
Copper Catalysts ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Synthetic Approach ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Intramolecular Cycloadditions ◽  
Western Segment ◽  
Target Molecules

AbstractThe development of the intramolecular Diels–Alder cycloaddition­ of azole heterocycles, i.e. oxazoles (IMDAO), imidazoles (IMDAI), and thiazoles (IMDAT), has had a significant impact on the efficient preparation of heterocyclic intermediates and natural products. In particular, highly efficient and versatile IMDAO reactions have been utilized as a key step in several synthetic schemes to provide alkaloids and terpenoid target molecules. More limited studies have been performed on IMDAI and IMDAT cycloadditions. Some drawbacks, such as the occasionally­ challenging preparation of IMDA precursors, are also highlighted in this review. Perspectives are provided on how IMDAI and IMDAT­ transformations can be further expanded for target-directed syntheses.1 Introduction2 Oxazoles2.1 IMDAO Approaches to Furanosesquiterpenes and Furanosteroids2.1.1 Syntheses of Highly Oxygenated Sesquiterpenes2.1.2 Syntheses of (±)-Gnididione and (±)-Isognididione2.1.3 Synthesis of (±)-Stemoamide2.1.4 Synthesis of (±)-Paniculide A2.1.5 Syntheses of (+)- and (–)-Norsecurinine2.1.6 Synthesis of Evodone2.1.7 Syntheses of (±)-Ligularone and (±)-Petasalbine2.1.8 Syntheses of Imerubrine, Isoimerubrine, and Grandirubrine2.1.9 Syntheses of Furanosteroids2.1.10 Syntheses of Substituted Indolines and Tetrahydroquinolines2.2 IMDAO Approaches to Pyridines: the Kondrat’eva Reaction2.2.1 Syntheses of Suaveoline and Norsuaveoline2.2.2 Synthesis of Eupolauramine2.2.3 Syntheses of (–)-Plectrodorine and (+)-Oxerine2.2.4 Synthesis of Amphimedine2.2.5 Synthetic Approach to the Western Segment of Haplophytine2.2.6 Synthesis of Marinoquinoline A2.2.6.1 IMDAO Approach to Marinoquinoline A2.2.6.2 Scope of Allenyl IMDAO Cycloaddition2.3 Lewis Acid Catalysis in IMDAO Reactions2.3.1 Effects of Europium Catalysts on IMDAO Reactions2.3.2 Effects of Copper Catalysts on IMDAO Reactions3 Imidazoles 4 Thiazoles4.1 Syntheses of Menthane and Eremophilane4.2 Further Comments on the Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Thiocarbonyl Ylides5 Conclusions and Outlook

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