Total Synthesis, Stereochemical Assignment, and Biological Activity of All Known (−)-Trigonoliimines
Author(s) -
Sunkyu Han,
Karen Morrison,
Paul J. Hergenrother,
Mohammad Movassaghi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.2
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1520-6904
pISSN - 0022-3263
DOI - 10.1021/jo4020358
Subject(s) - enantioselective synthesis , chemistry , total synthesis , hela , stereochemistry , sequence (biology) , stereoisomerism , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , biochemistry , catalysis , in vitro
A full account of our concise and enantioselective total syntheses of all known (-)-trigonoliimine alkaloids is described. Our retrobiosynthetic analysis of these natural products enabled identification of a single bistryptamine precursor as a precursor to all known trigonoliimines through a sequence of transformations involving asymmetric oxidation and reorganization. Our enantioselective syntheses of these alkaloids enabled the revision of the absolute stereochemistry of (-)-trigonoliimines A, B, and C. We report that trigonoliimines A, B, C and structurally related compounds showed weak anticancer activities against HeLa and U-937 cells.
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