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Tempone AG, Pieper P, Borborema SET, Thevenard F, Lago JHG, Croft SL, Anderson EA. Marine alkaloids as bioactive agents against protozoal neglected tropical diseases and malaria. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:2214-2235. [PMID: 34913053 PMCID: PMC8672869 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00078g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Covering: 2000 up to 2021Natural products are an important resource in drug discovery, directly or indirectly delivering numerous small molecules for potential development as human medicines. Among the many classes of natural products, alkaloids have a rich history of therapeutic applications. The extensive chemodiversity of alkaloids found in the marine environment has attracted considerable attention for such uses, while the scarcity of these natural materials has stimulated efforts towards their total synthesis. This review focuses on the biological activity of marine alkaloids (covering 2000 to up to 2021) towards Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) caused by protozoan parasites, and malaria. Chemotherapy represents the only form of treatment for Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria, but there is currently a restricted arsenal of drugs, which often elicit severe adverse effects, show variable efficacy or resistance, or are costly. Natural product scaffolds have re-emerged as a focus of academic drug discovery programmes, offering a different resource to discover new chemical entities with new modes of action. In this review, the potential of a range of marine alkaloids is analyzed, accompanied by coverage of synthetic efforts that enable further studies of key antiprotozoal natural product scaffolds.
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- Andre G Tempone
- Centre for Parasitology and Mycology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil.
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
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- Centre for Parasitology and Mycology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil.
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- Centre of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Federal University of ABC, Sao Paulo, 09210-580, Brazil
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- Centre of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Federal University of ABC, Sao Paulo, 09210-580, Brazil
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
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Heravi MM, Abedian‐Dehaghani N, Zadsirjan V, Rangraz Y. Catalytic Function of Cu (I) and Cu (II) in Total Synthesis of Alkaloids. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202101130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Majid M. Heravi
- Department of Chemistry School of Physics and Chemistry Alzahra University, PO.Box 1993891176, Vanak Tehran Iran
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- Department of Chemistry School of Physics and Chemistry Alzahra University, PO.Box 1993891176, Vanak Tehran Iran
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- Department of Chemistry School of Physics and Chemistry Alzahra University, PO.Box 1993891176, Vanak Tehran Iran
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- Department of Chemistry School of Physics and Chemistry Alzahra University, PO.Box 1993891176, Vanak Tehran Iran
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Mi P, Kiran Kumar R, Liao P, Bi X. Tandem O–H Insertion/[1,3]-Alkyl Shift of Rhodium Azavinyl Carbenoids with Benzylic Alcohols: A Route To Convert C–OH Bonds into C–C Bonds. Org Lett 2016; 18:4998-5001. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Pengbing Mi
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Fox JC, Gilligan RE, Pitts AK, Bennett HR, Gaunt MJ. The total synthesis of K-252c (staurosporinone) via a sequential C-H functionalisation strategy. Chem Sci 2016; 7:2706-2710. [PMID: 28660044 PMCID: PMC5477024 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc04399a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A synthesis of the bioactive indolocarbazole alkaloid K-252c (staurosporinone) via a sequential C-H functionalisation strategy is reported. The route exploits direct functionalisation reactions around a simple arene core and comprises of two highly-selective copper-catalysed C-H arylations, a copper-catalysed C-H amination and a palladium-catalysed C-H carbonylation, which build up the structural complexity of the natural product framework.
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- J C Fox
- Department of Chemistry , Department of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Department of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Department of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Department of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Department of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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Bernacchia G, Bortolini O, De Bastiani M, Lerin LA, Loschonsky S, Massi A, Müller M, Giovannini PP. Enzymatic Chemoselective Aldehyde-Ketone Cross-Couplings through the Polarity Reversal of Methylacetoin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:7171-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bernacchia G, Bortolini O, De Bastiani M, Lerin LA, Loschonsky S, Massi A, Müller M, Giovannini PP. Enzymatic Chemoselective Aldehyde-Ketone Cross-Couplings through the Polarity Reversal of Methylacetoin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201502102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Truong PM, Zavalij PY, Doyle MP. Highly Enantioselective Carbonyl–Ene Reactions of 2,3‐Diketoesters: Efficient and Atom‐Economical Process to Functionalized Chiral α‐Hydroxy‐β‐Ketoesters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201402233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Phong M. Truong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (USA)
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Truong PM, Zavalij PY, Doyle MP. Highly Enantioselective Carbonyl–Ene Reactions of 2,3‐Diketoesters: Efficient and Atom‐Economical Process to Functionalized Chiral α‐Hydroxy‐β‐Ketoesters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:6468-72. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Phong M. Truong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (USA)
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Schmidt AW, Reddy KR, Knölker HJ. Occurrence, Biogenesis, and Synthesis of Biologically Active Carbazole Alkaloids. Chem Rev 2012; 112:3193-328. [PMID: 22480243 DOI: 10.1021/cr200447s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 899] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Arndt W. Schmidt
- Department Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden,
Bergstrasse 66, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden,
Bergstrasse 66, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden,
Bergstrasse 66, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Rose CA, Gundala S, Fagan CL, Franz JF, Connon SJ, Zeitler K. NHC-catalysed, chemoselective crossed-acyloin reactions. Chem Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2sc00622g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Moutevelis-Minakakis P, Papavassilopoulou E, Michas G, Georgikopoulou K, Ragoussi ME, Neophytou N, Zoumpoulakis P, Mavromoustakos T, Hadjipavlou-Litina D. Synthesis, in silico docking experiments of new 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives and study of their anti-inflammatory activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:2888-902. [PMID: 21507662 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A new class of 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives was designed, synthesized, and tested for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against LOX. The most potent among them, 14d [IC(50) 0.08 (±0.005)mM], and 14e [IC(50) 0.0705 (±0.003)mM], were also tested in vivo. The compound 14d induced equipotent inhibition against rat paw edema, which is very close to the effect produced by the commonly used standard, namely indomethacin (47%). The LOX inhibitory activity of the compound 14e proceeds in parallel to the % inhibitory value of lipid peroxidation meaning that this LOX inhibitory activity is supported by the lipid peroxidation inhibition. The molecular features that govern their bioactivity were explored through in silico docking experiments. The results showed that acidic moieties must be placed in certain distance and orientation in the active site of LOX enzyme in order to productively exhibit inhibitory activity. In addition, the 2-pyrrolidinone template significantly contributes in the inhibitory properties of the new compounds.
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- Panagiota Moutevelis-Minakakis
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15771, Greece.
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Yu J, Cui J, Zhang C. A Simple and Effective Method for α-Hydroxylation of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using Oxone as an Oxidant without a Catalyst. European J Org Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kuai L, Wang X, Madison JM, Schreiber SL, Scolnick EM, Haggarty SJ. Chemical genetics identifies small-molecule modulators of neuritogenesis involving neuregulin-1/ErbB4 signaling. ACS Chem Neurosci 2010; 1:325-342. [PMID: 20495671 DOI: 10.1021/cn900046a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Genetic findings have suggested that neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) and its receptor v-erb-a erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 4 (ErbB4) may play a role in neuropsychiatric diseases. However, the downstream signaling events and relevant phenotypic consequences of altered Nrg1 signaling in the nervous system remain poorly understood. To identify small molecules for probing Nrg1-ErbB4 signaling, a PC12-cell model was developed and used to perform a live-cell, image-based screen of the effects of small molecules on Nrg1-induced neuritogenesis. By comparing the resulting phenotypic data to that of a similar screening performed with nerve growth factor (NGF), this multidimensional screen identified compounds that directly inhibit Nrg1-ErbB4 signaling, such as the 4-anilino-quinazoline Iressa (gefitinib), as well as compounds that potentiate Nrg1-ErbB4 signaling, such as the indolocarbazole K-252a. These findings provide new insights into the regulation of Nrg1-ErbB4 signaling events and demonstrate the feasibility of using such a multidimensional, chemical-genetic approach for discovering probes of pathways implicated in neuropsychiatric diseases.
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- Letian Kuai
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, 215 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- Chemical Biology Program, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Janosik T, Wahlström N, Bergman J. Recent progress in the chemistry and applications of indolocarbazoles. Tetrahedron 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.06.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Wilson LJ, Yang C, Murray WV. Novel cycloalkene indole carbazole alkaloids via the ring closing metathesis reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Moffat D, Nichols CJ, Riley DA, Simpkins NS. The synthesis of bioactive indolocarbazoles related to K-252a. Org Biomol Chem 2005; 3:2953-75. [PMID: 16186927 DOI: 10.1039/b506444a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A range of functionalised indolocarbazoles, related to the natural product K-252a, have been prepared, starting from a readily available bridged cyclopentene. Sequences of transformations, involving initial hydroboration-oxidation to give a ketone, or by dihydroxylation and cyclic sulfate formation, enable the preparation of diverse indolocarbazole products. Issues of imide nitrogen protection for the indolocarbazole, and opportunities for asymmetric desymmetrisation of key intermediates were also explored. A novel chiral lithium amide base mediated transformation of a cyclic sulfate intermediate gave the anticipated ketone product in up to 87% ee. A number of compounds, in the form of unprotected imide substituted indolocarbazoles, were screened for biological activity and were found to be potent inhibitors of a number of kinase enzymes.
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- David Moffat
- Celltech Therapeutics Ltd, 216 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 4EN, UK
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Schneider TL, Mathew RS, Rice KP, Tamaki K, Wood JL, Schepartz A. Increasing the Kinase Specificity of K252a by Protein Surface Recognition. Org Lett 2005; 7:1695-8. [PMID: 15844883 DOI: 10.1021/ol050179o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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[reaction: see text] Here we describe a miniature protein (1) that presents the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) recognition epitope found within the heat-stable Protein Kinase Inhibitor protein (PKI) and a miniature protein conjugate (1-K252a) in which 1 is joined covalently to the high-affinity but nonselective kinase inhibitor K252a. Miniature protein 1 recognizes PKA with an affinity that rivals that of PKI and, in the context of 1-K252a, leads to a dramatic increase in kinase specificity.
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- Tanya L Schneider
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA
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Knölker HJ, Reddy KR. Isolation and synthesis of biologically active carbazole alkaloids. Chem Rev 2002; 102:4303-427. [PMID: 12428991 DOI: 10.1021/cr020059j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1083] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hans-Joachim Knölker
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Drutu I, Krygowski ES, Wood JL. Reactive enols in synthesis 2. Synthesis of (+)-latifolic acid and (+)-latifoline. J Org Chem 2001; 66:7025-9. [PMID: 11597224 DOI: 10.1021/jo015741c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe a short, enantioselective synthesis of the naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloid (+)-latifoline (1) employing a tandem [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement/[1,2] allyl shift as a key step in constructing (+)-latifolic acid (4).
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- I Drutu
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA
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