Synthesis of the Aliphatic Subunit of the Macrolide LL‐Z 1640‐2 via Vasella Ring Opening of a 6‐Iodo‐4‐deoxy‐D‐mannose

Isocoumarins, miraculous natural products blessed with diverse pharmacological activities

Isocoumarins are lactonic natural products abundant in microbes and higher plants. These are considered an amazing scaffold consecrated with more or less all types of pharmacological applications. This review is complementary to the earlier reviews and aims to focus the overlooked aspects of their fascinating chemistry with special emphasis on their classification and diverse biological activities with some SAR conclusions. The most recent available literature on the structural diversity and biological activity of these natural products has been reviewed.

Discovery of a potent, metabolically stabilized resorcylic lactone as an anti-inflammatory lead

With bioactivity-guided phenotype screenings, a potent anti-inflammatory compound f152A1 has been isolated, characterized and identified as the known natural product LL-Z1640-2. Metabolic instability precluded its use for the study on animal disease models. Via total synthesis, a potent, metabolically stabilized analog ER-803064 has been created; addition of the (S)-Me group at C4 onto f152A1 has resulted in a dramatic improvement on its metabolic stability, while preserving the anti-inflammatory activities.