The chemical rearrangement of camptothecin to mappicine ketone

Reaction of camptothecin (1) in DMF solution with sodium azide led to the formation of mappicine ketone (3). Sodium borohydride reduction of 3 gave the racemic natural product mappicine (4).     

Solution phase synthesis of libraries of polycyclic natural product analogues by cascade radical annulation: synthesis of a 64-member library of mappicine analogues and a 48-member library of mappicine ketone analogues

An improved cascade radical annulation route to (+/-)-mappicine, (S)-mappicine, and mappicine ketone is reported. The route is used to prepare libraries of mappicine and mappicine ketone analogues in a semiautomated fashion. Key diversity generating steps include the addition of an aldehyde to a Grignard reagent derived from a D-ring iodopyridine, N-propargylation of a subsequently derived iodopyridone, and cascade radical annulation with an isonitrile to form a mappicine analogue. Parallel oxidation of mappicine analogues produced mappicine ketones. The route is general and flexible and could be used to make very large libraries. It is also illustrative of how late stage cascade reactions can be employed strategically to generate libraries of polycyclic natural product analogues.     

2-pyridones from cyanoacetamides and enecarbonyl compounds: application to the synthesis of nothapodytine B

The condensation of an enone or enal with cyanoacetamide derivatives and t-BuOK furnishes either 3-cyano-2-pyridones or 3-unsubstituted-2-pyridones, depending on whether the reaction is carried out in the presence or in the absence of O(2). In the first case, in situ oxidation of Michael-type intermediates takes place; in the second case, the products result from "decyanidative aromatization" of such intermediates. A one-step synthesis of 3-alkyl-2-pyridones has been devised on the basis of decyanative union of an enone/enal and a 2-alkylcyanoacetamide. The new reaction forms the centerpiece of an unusually concise synthesis of nothapodytine B (mappicine ketone).     

Total synthesis of nothapodytine B and (±)-mappicine

A novel, efficient total synthesis of the naturally occurring antiviral nothapodytine B (2, mappicine ketone) is reported. The approach is based on the successful implementation of the Johnson orthoester rearrangement of allylic alcohol 7 for assembly of a pyridone D ring precursor with the necessary functionalities. Nothapodytine B is converted into mappicine 3 by NaBH₄ reduction.     

An efficient approach to 3,4-disubstituted pyridin-2-ones. Formal synthesis of mappicine ketone

Treatment of 3,4-dihydro-3-tosylpyridin-2-one 5 with sodium hydride and then alkyl halides gave various 3,4-disubstituted pyridin-2-ones 6. Formal synthesis of mappicine ketone (1) was also reported.     

Efficient Synthesis of 4,5‐Disubstituted‐3‐Toluenesulfonyl Glutarimides. Application to the Formal Synthesis of Mappicine Ketone

Various 4,5‐disubstituted‐3‐sulfonyl glutarimides 3 were synthesized from α‐sulfonyl acetamide 1 and ethyl α,β‐disubstituted acrylate esters 2 via stepwise facile [3+3] annulation in moderate yield. The synthesis of pyridin‐2‐one 9 , a key intermediate for mappicine ketone ( 4 ) synthesis, was also reported.     

Palladium-promoted cascade reactions of isonitriles and 6-iodo-N-propargylpyridones: synthesis of mappicines,camptothecins, and homocamptothecins

Ambient-temperature reactions of electron-rich aryl isonitriles with substituted 6-iodo-N-propargylpyridones in the presence of silver carbonate and palladium acetate produce 11H-indolizino[1,2-b]quinolin-9-ones in good to excellent yield. Experimental evidence suggests that the process occurs though organopalladium rather than radical intermediates. It is applied to synthesis analogues of mappicine and camptothecin, including the silatecans DB-67 and DB-91 (homo-DB-67).     

Heterocyclic and acyclic azadiene diels-alder reactions: Total synthesis of nothapodytine B

A summary of the applications of the inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reactions of heterocyclic and acyclic azadienes in the total synthesis of natural products is provided and a recent application in the total synthesis of nothapodytine B (mappicine ketone) is presented in detail.     

New pyridone approach: total synthesis of mappicine ketone (nothapodytine B)

A novel synthesis of mappicine ketone, which possesses strong selective activity against the herpes viruses HSV-1 and HSV-2, including those Acyclovir-resistant, and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been efficiently accomplished. The synthesis highlights a new pyridone approach that effectively combines a double, intramolecular Michael addition in a conjugated ester-conjugated amide with oxidation-decarboxylation of the resulting piperidone.     

Conversion of Camptothecins to Mappicine Ketones Using Silica Gel Supported Sodium Hydrogen Sulfate Catalyst

Silica gel supported sodium hydrogen sulfate (NaHSO₄.SiO₂) catalyst has been utilized for the conversion of camptothecin and 9-methoxycamptothecin to mappicine ketone, an antiviral lead compound and its analogue, 9-methoxymappicine ketone respectively.     

Synthesis of heteroarenes using cascade radical cyclisation via iminyl radicals

Cascade radical cyclisation involving homolytic aromatic substitution has been used to synthesise new tetracycles. Treatment of vinyl iodide radical precursors with Me(3)Sn. radicals (from hexamethylditin) yielded intermediate vinyl radicals which undergo 5-exo cyclisation onto suitably placed nitrile groups to yield intermediate iminyl radicals. The iminyl radicals undergo aromatic homolytic substitution via 6-endo cyclisation (or 5-exo cyclisation followed by neophyl rearrangement) with loss of hydrogen (H.) in a H-abstraction step. We propose that this abstraction was facilitated by tert-butoxyl (t-BuO.) radicals from di-tert-butyl peroxide or methyl radicals, generated from breakdown of trimethylstannyl radicals (Me(3)Sn.). The biologically active alkaloids mappicine and luotonin A were synthesised using the new methodology. A novel radical conversion of nitriles to primary amides is proposed.     

Acetylation of Camptothecins Using Lithium Bromide as Catalyst

Abstract

Camptothecin and 9-Methoxycamptothecin, two promising naturally occurring anticancer alkaloids containing a tertiary hydroxy group, were acetylated with acetic anhydride at room temperature in the presence of lithium bromide as catalyst. The similar method was followed for acetylation of other two related natural alkaloids, mappicine and 9-methoxymappicine.     

Total synthesis of mappicine ketone (nothapodytine B) by means of sulfur-directed 5-exo-selective aryl radical cyclization onto enamides

Enamides 5, on treatment with Bu(3)SnH-AIBN, underwent aryl radical cyclization in a 5-exo manner to give 1-[bis(phenylthio)methyl]dihydroisoindoles 6, which were partially desulfurized with Bu(3)SnH-AIBN to give 1-mono(phenylthio)methyl congeners 7. Formation of 6 from 5 may be explained by the presence of two phenylthio groups at the terminus of the N-vinylic bond of 5, since enamide 8a having no phenylthio group underwent aryl radical cyclization in a 6-endo manner. Compound 7d (R = CF(3)) was transformed into sulfoxide 16, which was treated with (CF(3)CO)(2)O and then with 10% NaOH to give a model compound 20 of mappicine ketone (MPK) (1) through aldol condensation of aldehyde 18. An attempt to synthesize MPK using this method with sulfoxide 28 prepared from 25, however, was unsuccessful, and, instead, photochemical cyclization of enamide 38 prepared from 25 furnished MPK.     

Solution-phase preparation of a 560-compound library of individual pure mappicine analogues by fluorous mixture synthesis

Solution-phase mixture synthesis has efficiency advantages and favorable reaction kinetics. Applications of this technique, however, have been discouraged by the difficulty in obtaining individual, pure final products by using conventional separation and identification processes. Introduced here is a new strategy for mixture synthesis that addresses the separation and identification problems. Members of a series of organic substrates are paired with a series of fluorous tags of different chain lengths. The tagged starting materials are then mixed and taken through a multistep reaction process. Fluorous chromatography is used to demix the tagged product mixtures on the basis of the fluorine content of the tags to provide the individual pure components of the mixture, which are detagged to release the final products. The utility of fluorous mixture synthesis is demonstrated by the preparation of a 560-membered library of analogues of the natural product mappicine. A seven-component mixture is carried through a four-step mixture synthesis (two one-pot and two parallel steps) to incorporate two additional points of diversity onto the tetracyclic core. Methods for analysis and purification of the intermediates are established for the quality control of the mixture synthesis.     

Synthesis of (+/‐) mappicine and mappicine ketone

Mappicine and mappicine ketone are camptothecin analogs of interest as antiviral agents. A novel synthesis of these compounds is described using a Friedlander condensation. The requisite ketone is prepared via a regioselective ortho‐directed metallation/alkylation of a trisubstituted pyridine. This is condensed with N‐t‐butyloxycarbonyl‐o‐aminobenzaldehyde as a convenient, stable o‐aminobenzaldehyde equivalent in the Friedlander condensation.     

Quasiracemic synthesis: concepts and implementation with a fluorous tagging strategy to make both enantiomers of pyridovericin and mappicine

The concept of quasiracemic synthesis is introduced and illustrated with syntheses of both enantiomers of pyridovericin (whose absolute configuration is assigned as R) and mappicine. Like racemic synthesis, quasiracemic synthesis provides both enantiomers in a single synthetic sequence; however, separation tagging is used to ensure that quasiracemic mixtures can be analyzed, separated, and identified on demand. Fluorous tags of differing chain lengths are used to tag two enantiomeric starting materials. The resulting quasienantiomers are mixed to make a quasiracemate, which is then treated like a true racemate in successive steps of the synthesis. Fluorous chromatography is used to separate, or demix, the final quasiracemate into its two components, which are then detagged to provide (true) enantiomeric products. Quasiracemic synthesis is portrayed as the first and simplest of a series of mixture synthesis techniques based on separation tagging, and the prospects for using other types of separation tags are briefly evaluated.     

(5-氨基-[1,3,4]噻二唑-2-基)-丙酸乙酯的合成工艺改进

以丁二酸酐为起始原料,经醇解和酰化反应制得丁二酸单乙酯酰氯(3);3经甲烷磺酸催化与氨基硫脲环合合成了重要药物中间体——(5-氨基-[1,3,4]噻二唑-2-基)-丙酸乙酯,其结构经~1H NMR,IR和MS确证。运用正交试验对环合反应条件进行优化。最优反应条件为:3 132 mmol,n(氨基硫脲)∶n(3)∶n(甲烷磺酸)=1∶3∶3,于110℃反应3 h,总收率51.3%。     

无溶剂超声辐射下硝酸镱高效催化合成 1,4-二氢吡啶衍生物

在Yb(NO₃)₃催化下, 芳香醛、 5,5-二甲基-1,3-环己二酮、 乙酰乙酸乙酯和醋酸铵在室温无溶剂条件下经超声辐射一锅法合成了一系列1,4-二氢吡啶衍生物, 反应时间为15~35 min, 产率为86%~97%. 该方法具有条件温和、 反应时间短且产率高的优点. 催化剂Yb(NO₃)₃对环境友好且可循环使用, 为此类化合物的合成提供了一种有效的新方法.     

新型P－N－Si无卤阻燃剂的合成及其在棉纤维中的应用

以二氯磷酸苯酯(1)和γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(2)为原料,合成了一种新型的P－N－Si三元无卤阻燃剂--苯氧基-双-(三乙氧基硅丙基)磷酰胺(3),其结构经¹H NMR, ³¹P NMR和FT-IR表征。研究了溶剂,反应温度,反应时间,投料比r［n(2) : n(1)］和缚酸剂对3产率的影响。结果表明:在最佳合成条件［THF为溶剂,三乙胺为缚酸剂,1 8 mmol, r=2.4,于40 ℃反应6 h］下, 3的产率为88.2%。利用TGA测试了3的阻燃性能。结果表明：3的初始分解温度为150 ℃, 600 ℃残炭为14.6%。3在棉纤维(c)中的添加量为15%(质量百分数,即c-3¹⁵)时,600 ℃残炭为33.4%,高于c(7.6%)。     

溶液中甲醇和二氯亚砜的化学反应

用B3LYP方法和SCIPCM模型(模拟溶剂效应)研究了甲醇和二氯亚砜在两种非极性(ε<15)和两种极性(ε>15)溶剂中的反应(最终产物为氯代甲烷和二氧化硫). 反应过程由反应(1)和反应(2)组成, CH3OS(O)Cl是反应(1)的主要产物和反应(2)的反应物. 反应(2)有“前面取代”(经过渡态TS3f)和“背后取代”(先经CH3OS(O)Cl的电离, 再经过渡态TS3b)两种机理. 计算表明, 在气相和四种溶剂中反应(1)和(2)都是放热反应, 反应(1)具有相同的反应途径(经过渡态→中间体→过渡态), 溶剂的极性对反应(2)有很大的影响. 在气相和非极性溶剂中, TS3f的能量比(CH3OSO++Cl-)离子对(中间体IM2)的能量低, 反应(2)应为前面取代机理; 在极性溶剂中, IM2和TS3b的能量都比TS3f低, 反应(2)应为背后取代机理.