Total synthesis of geralcin A, a representative of a new family of hydrazine-containing natural products

Rational design, synthesis and anti-proliferative evaluation of novel benzosuberone tethered with hydrazide-hydrazones

Two different series of novel analogues of benzosuberones (5a-m and 9a-w) tethered with hydrazone-hydrazides (functional group alterations: Head group to Tail group and vice versa) have been synthesized by the reaction of appropriate aldehydes with substituted hydrazides in excellent yields (87-94%) and their structures were confirmed by (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, ESI-MS and HRMS. The newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for anti-proliferative activity against different human cancer cell lines (HeLa, MDA MB 231, MIAPACA and IMR32). Among the synthesized compounds, six compounds 5 a, 5 b, 5 d, 5 e, 5 f and 9 v exhibited potent anti-proliferative activity with GI50 values less than 0.01 μM against MIAPACA, MDA-MB-231 and IMR32 human cancer cell lines.

Total synthesis of dixiamycin B by electrochemical oxidation

N–N-linked dimeric indole alkaloids represent an unexplored class of natural products for which chemical synthesis has no practical solution. To meet this challenge, an electrochemical oxidative dimerization method was developed, which was applied as the pivotal step of the first total synthesis of dixiamycin B. This method is also general for N–N dimerization of substituted carbazoles and β-carbolines, providing entry into seldom explored chemical space.