Synthesis of 2-deoxyinosadiamines-1,3 including 2-deoxystreptamine

Asymmetric stereodivergent strategy towards aminocyclitols

A concise asymmetric synthesis of aminocyclitols, such as diastereomeric 2-deoxystreptamine analogues and conduramine A, is described. The Pd-catalyzed asymmetric desymmetrization of meso 1,4-dibenzolate enables the synthesis of highly oxidized cyclohexane architectures. These scaffolds can potentially be used to access new aminoglycoside antibiotics and enantiomerically pure α-glucosidase inhibitors.

Chemical modification of neamine

The aminocyclitol antibiotic neamine has been modified by changing the configuration of one or two hydroxyl groups of the aminocyclitol moiety to elucidate the relationship between configuration and antimicrobial activity. 5-Epi-, 6-epi-, and 5,6-diepineamine have been prepared and their antimicrobial activity has been determined against several micro-organisms.