An enantiospecific total synthesis of allosamizoline

Making natural products from renewable feedstocks: back to the roots?

This review highlights the utilization of biomass-derived building blocks in the total synthesis of natural products.

Synthesis, antiasthmatic, and insecticidal/antifungal activities of allosamidins

Allosamidins come from the secondary metabolites of Streptomyces species, and they have the pseudotrisaccharide structures. Allosamidins are chitinase inhibitors that can be used to study the physiological effects of chitinases in a variety of organisms. They have the novel antiasthmatic activity and insecticidal/antifungal activities. Herein, the synthesis and activities of allosamidins were summarized and analyzed.

Chemoselective per-O-trimethylsilylation and homogeneous N-functionalisation of amino sugars

HomogeneousN-functionalisation of amino sugars can be achievedviaefficient CH₃CN-promoted hexamethyldisilazane per-O-trimethylsilylation.

Synthesis of conformationally locked Carba-LNAs through intramolecular free-radical addition to C=N. Electrostatic and steric implication of the carba-LNA substituents in the modified oligos for nuclease and thermodynamic stabilities

The syntheses of the hitherto unavailable parent fully unsubstituted carba-LNA and its C7'-amino and/or C6'-hydroxyl substituted derivatives, have been accomplished by the intramolecular 5-exo free-radical addition to a C4'-tethered C=N to give carba-LNAs with variable hydrophilic substituents at C6'/C7' (amino and/or hydroxyl). They have been introduced into isosequential antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) to examine how their relative electrostatic and steric effects in the minor groove of a putative AON-RNA duplex affect the target affinity, nuclease resistance, and RNase H elicitation. We show that 2'-oxygen in LNA is important in stabilizing the DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes vis-a-vis the unsubstituted carba-LNA and its other derivatives and that hydrophobic groups at C6'/C7' in both carba-LNA and carba-ENA relatively destabilize the AON/DNA duplex more profoundly than those in the AON/RNA duplexes. Two main factors affect the relative stabilities of AON/DNA versus AON/RNA duplexes: (i) hydration in the minor groove depending upon hydrophilicity vis-a-vis hydrophobicity of the substituents, and (ii) the relative size of the minor groove in the AON/DNA versus AON/RNA duplexes dictates the steric clash with the substituents depending upon their relative chiralities. We also show how the chirality and chemical nature of the C6'/C7' substituents affect the nuclease stability as well as the thermal stability and the RNase recruitment by AON/RNA duplexes.

A concise and efficient synthesis of (-)-allosamizoline

A regio- and stereocontrolled total synthesis of (-)-allosamizoline is described. The key steps for this synthesis are ring-closing metathesis to form the cyclopentene core, halocyclization to afford the oxazoline ring, and finally stereoselective alkene radical addition followed by an alkene isomerization reaction to install the hydroxymethyl group. (-)-Allosamizoline was prepared in a total of 13 steps and 22% overall yield.

Tandem Inter [4 + 2]/Intra [3 + 2] Cycloadditions of Nitroalkenes. Asymmetric Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Aminocyclopentanes Using the Bridged Mode (beta-Tether) Process

An asymmetric, tandem inter [4 + 2]/intra [3 + 2] bridged mode (beta-tether) cycloaddition of nitroalkenes has been developed. This new sequence involves the Lewis acid-promoted [4 + 2] cycloaddition of nitro olefins with enantiopure 1-alkoxy-1,4-dienes. The resulting nitronates, bearing a C(5) tethered dipolarophile, undergo thermal, intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition to afford stable tricyclic nitroso acetals, which can be subsequently reduced to provide interesting aminocyclopentanes. Thus, in three steps, highly functionalized, enantiomerically enriched aminocyclopentanes can be constructed with good yield and high ee. Additionally, the Lewis acid was found to impart a remarkable influence on the stereochemical outcome of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition.