Synthesis, chemical properties, and biological evaluation of CC-1065 and duocarmycin analogues incorporating the 5-methoxycarbonyl-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa

The synthesis of 5-methoxycarbonyl-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benz[e]indol-4-one (C5-CO2Me-CBI), a substituted CBI derivative bearing a C5 methoxycarbonyl group, and its corresponding 5-hydroxymethyl derivative are described in efforts to establish substituent electronic effects on the agents' functional reactivity and the resulting effect this has on their rate of DNA alkylation. Resolution of an immediate C5-CO2Me-CBI precursor and its incorporation into both enantiomers of 16 and 17, analogues of the duocarmycins, are also detailed. A study of the solvolysis reactivity and regioselectivity of N-BOC-C5-CO2Me-CBI (12) revealed that the introduction of a C5 methyl ester modestly slowed the rate of solvolysis (1.8x, pH 3) without altering the inherent reaction regioselectivity (>20:1). The comparison of the X-ray structures of the N-CO2Me derivatives of C5-CO2Me-CBI and CBI revealed correlations with the reaction regioselectivity and the relative reactivity of the compounds. The latter correlated well with the less reactive C5-CO2Me-CBI exhibiting a shortened N2-C2a bond length (1.386 vs 1.390 A) and smaller chi1 dihedral angle (8.1 degrees vs 21.2 degrees ) indicative of greater vinylogous amide conjugation and was accompanied by a diminished (cross-conjugated) cyclopropane conjugation (shorter bond lengths). Establishment of the DNA alkyation properties revealed that C5-CO2Me-CBI-based agents retained the identical alkylation selectivity of the natural products. More importantly, the C5 methyl ester was found to decrease the rate (0.77x) of DNA alkylation relative to CBI, consistent with its inherent lower reactivity. These results indicate that the previously observed increase in the rate of DNA alkylation for C7-substituted CBI analogues including CCBI (7-cyano-CBI) is contrary to expectations based on their inherent reactivities. Unlike 17, in which the C5 methyl ester does not bind in the minor groove, the C7 substituent lies in the minor groove extending the rigid length of the agents, further enhancing the DNA binding-induced conformational change responsible for activation toward nucleophilic attack and catalysis of the DNA alkylation reaction.     

Parallel synthesis and evaluation of 132 (+)-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benz[e]indol-4-one (CBI) analogues of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins defining the contribution of the DNA-binding domain

The solution-phase, parallel synthesis and evaluation of a library of 132 (+)-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benz[e]indol-4-one (CBI) analogues of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins containing dimeric monocyclic, bicyclic, and tricyclic heteroaromatic replacements for the DNA-binding domain are described. This systematic study revealed clear trends in the structural requirements for observation of potent cytotoxic activity and DNA alkylation efficiency, the range of which spans a magnitude of > or =10 000-fold. Combined with related studies, these results highlight that the role of the DNA-binding domain goes beyond simply providing DNA-binding selectivity and affinity (10-100-fold enhancement in properties), consistent with the proposal that it contributes significantly to catalysis of the DNA alkylation reaction accounting for as much as an additional 1000-fold enhancement in properties.     

Asymmetric synthesis of 1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benzo[e]indol-4-one (CBI)

A short, asymmetric synthesis of the 1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benzo[e]indol-4-one (CBI) analogue of the CC-1065 and duocarmycin DNA alkylation subunits is described. Treatment of iodo-epoxide 5, prepared by late-stage alkylation of 4 with (S)-glycidal-3-nosylate, with EtMgBr at room temperature directly provides the optically pure alcohol 6 in 87% yield (99% ee) derived from selective metal-halogen exchange and subsequent regioselective intramolecular 6-endo-tet cyclization. The use of MeMgBr or i-PrMgBr also provides the product in high yields (82-87%), but requires larger amounts of the Grignard reagent to effect metal-halogen exchange and cyclization. Direct transannular spirocyclization of 7 following O-debenzylation of 6 provides N-Boc-CBI. This approach represents the most efficient (9-steps, 31% overall) and effective (99% ee) route to the optically pure CBI alkylation subunit yet described.     

Effective asymmetric synthesis of 1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benzo[e]indol-4-one (CBI)

A short, asymmetric synthesis of the 1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benzo[e]indol-4-one (CBI) analogue of the CC-1065 and duocarmycin alkylation subunits is detailed that employs an effective enzymatic desymmetrization reaction of prochiral diol 12 using a commercially available Pseudomonas sp. lipase. The optically active monoacetate (S)-13 is furnished in exceptional conversions (88%) and optical purity (99% ee) and serves as an intermediate for the preparation of either enantiomer of CBI. Similarly, the Pseudomonas sp. lipase resolved the racemic intermediate 19, affording advanced intermediates of CBI in good conversions and optical purity (99% ee), and provided an alternative approach to the preparation of optically active CBI derivatives.     

Synthesis and Properties of Substituted CBI Analogs of CC-1065 and the Duocarmycins Incorporating the 7-Methoxy-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benz[e]indol-4-one (MCBI) Alkylation Subunit: Magnitude of Electronic Effects on the Functional Reactivity

The synthesis of 7-methoxy-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benz[e]indol-4-one (MCBI), a substituted CBI derivative bearing a C7 methoxy group para to the C4 carbonyl, is described in efforts that establish the magnitude of potential electronic effects on the chemical and functional reactivity of the agents. The core structure of the MCBI alkylation subunit was prepared by a modified Stobbe condensation/Friedel-Crafts acylation for generation of the appropriately functionalized naphthalene precursors (15 and 20) followed by 5-exo-trig aryl radical-alkene cyclization (24 --> 25, 32 --> 33) for completion of the synthesis of the 1,2-dihydro-3H-benz[e]indole skeleton and final Ar-3' alkylation of 28 for introduction of the activated cyclopropane. Two approaches to the implementation of the key 5-exo-trig free radical cyclization are detailed with the former proceeding with closure of 24 to provide 25 in which the required product functionalization was introduced prior to cyclization and the latter with Tempo trap of the cyclization product of the unfunctionalized alkene substrate 32 to provide 33. The latter concise approach provided the MCBI subunit and its immediate precursor in 12-13 steps in superb overall conversions (27-30%). Resolution of an immediate MCBI precursor and its incorporation into both enantiomers of 39-46, analogs of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins, are detailed. A study of the solvolysis reactivity and regioselectivity of N-BOC-MCBI (29) revealed that introduction of the C7 methoxy group accelerates the rate of solvolysis by only 1.2-1.06x. This remarkably modest effect is inconsistent with C4 carbonyl protonation as the slow and rate-determining step of solvolysis or acid-catalyzed nucleophilic addition but is consistent with a mechanism in which protonation is rapid and reversible followed by slow and rate-determining nucleophilic addition to the cyclopropane requiring both the presence and assistance of a nucleophile (S(N)2 mechanism). No doubt this contributes to the DNA alkylation selectivity of this class of agents and suggests that the positioning of an accessible nucleophile (adenine N3) and not C4 carbonyl protonation is the rate-determining step controlling the sequence selectivity of the DNA alkylation reaction. This small electronic effect on the solvolysis rate had no impact on the solvolysis regioselectivity, and stereoelectronically-controlled nucleophilic addition to the least substituted carbon of the activated cyclopropane was observed exclusively. For the natural enantiomers, this unusually small electronic effect on functional reactivity had little or no perceptible effect on their DNA alkylation selectivity, efficiency, and relative rates or on their biological properties. Perceptible effects of the C7 methoxy substituent on the unnatural enantiomers were observed and they proved to be 4-40x more effective than the corresponding CBI-based unnatural enantiomers and comparable in cytotoxic potency with the MCBI natural enantiomers. This effect is most consistently rationalized not by a C7 methoxy substituent effect on functional reactivity but rather through introduction of additional stabilizing noncovalent interactions which increase the unnatural enantiomer DNA alkylation efficiency and further stabilize its inherently reversible DNA alkylation reaction.     

Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of duocarmycin analogues incorporating the 1,2,11,11a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]naphtho[2,3-e]indol-4-one (CNI) and 1,2,11,11a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]naphtho[1,2-e]indol-4-one (iso-CNI) alkylation subunits

Efficient syntheses and a preliminary evaluation of 1,2,11,11a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]naphtho[2,3-e]-indole (CNI) and 1,2,11,11a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]naphtho[1,2-e]indole (iso-CNI), and their derivatives containing an anthracene and phenanthrene variant of the CC-1065 or duocarmycin alkylation subunit are detailed.     

Synthesis and evaluation of 1,2,8, 8a-Tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]pyrrolo[3,2-e]indol-4(5H)-one, the parent alkylation subunit of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins: impact of the alkylation subunit substituents and its implications for DNA alkylation catalysis

The synthesis of 1,2,8,8a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]pyrrolo[3, 2-e]indol-4(5H)-one (CPI), the parent CC-1065 and duocarmycin SA alkylation subunit, is detailed. The parent CPI alkylation subunit lacks the C7 methyl substituent of the CC-1065 alkylation subunit and the C6 methoxycarbonyl group of duocarmycin SA, and their examination permitted the establishment of the impact of these natural product substituents. The studies revealed a CPI stability comparable to the CC-1065 alkylation subunit but which was 6x more reactive than the (+)-duocarmycin SA alkylation subunit, and it displayed the inherent reaction regioselectivity (4:1) of the natural products. The single-crystal X-ray structure of (+)-N-BOC-CPI depicts a near identical stereoelectronic alignment of the cyclopropane accounting for the identical reaction regioselectivity and a slightly diminished vinylogous amide conjugation relative to (+)-N-BOC-DSA suggesting that the stability distinctions stem in part from this difference in the vinylogous amide as well as alterations in the electronic nature of the fused pyrrole. Establishment of the DNA binding properties revealed that the CPI-based agents retain the identical DNA alkylation selectivities of the natural products. More importantly, the C6 methoxycarbonyl group of duocarmycin SA was found to increase the rate (12-13x) and efficiency (10x) of DNA alkylation despite its intrinsic lower reactivity while the CC-1065 C7 methyl group was found to slow the DNA alkylation rate (4x) and lower the alkylation efficiency (ca. 4x). The greater DNA alkylation rate and efficiency for duocarmycin SA and related analogues containing the C6 methoxycarbonyl is proposed to be derived from the extended length that the rigid C6 methoxycarbonyl provides and the resulting increase in the DNA binding-induced conformational change which serves to deconjugate the vinylogous amide and activate the alkylation subunit for nucleophilic attack. The diminished properties resulting from the CC-1065 C7 methyl group may be attributed to the steric impediment this substituent introduces to DNA minor groove binding and alkylation. Consistent with this behavior, the duocarmycin SA C6 methoxycarbonyl group increases biological potency while the CC-1065 C7 methyl group diminishes it.     

Establishing the parabolic relationship between reactivity and activity for derivatives and analogues of the duocarmycin and CC-1065 alkylation subunits

The preparation of a novel series of N-aryl CBI derivatives is detailed in which an aryl para substituent could be used to predictably modulate the reactivity of the resulting CC-1065/duocarmycin alkylation subunit analogue (rho = 0.17). The derivatives were found to be exceptionally stable and to exhibit a well-defined relationship between reactivity and cytotoxic potency. When combined with the results of an extensive series of N-acyl CBI analogues and derivatives assembled over the past 15 years, the studies define a fundamental parabolic relationship between reactivity and cytotoxic potency.     

Synthesis of 7-(4-piperidyl)- [1,6]naphthyridin-5-one and 3-(4-piperidyl)isoqunolin-1-one

7-(4-Piperidyl)[1,6]napththiridin-5-one was synthesized on the basis of 2-methylnicotinic acid. 3-(4-Piperidyl)isoquinolin-1-one was synthesized from the diethylamide of o-toluic acid and Weinreb's amide of N-Boc-isonipecotic acid.     

Synthesis of 1-R-2-amino-3-[2-(benz)azolyl]-4(5H)-ketopyrroles

A study has been made of the interaction of 2-[2-(benz)azolyl]3-keto-4-chlorobutanenitriles with primary aliphatic amines. This is a convenient method for the synthesis of 2-amino-3-[2-(benz)azolyl]-4(5H)-ketopyrroles.Tarasa Shevchenko Kiev University, Kiev 252601, Ukraine; e-mail dov@fosfor.kiev.ua. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 50–57, January, 1998.     

Synthesis and evaluation of a series of C3-substituted CBI analogues of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins.

The synthesis and evaluation of a series of C3-substituted 1,2,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]benz[e]indol-4-one (CBI) analogues of the CC-1065 and duocarmycin alkylation subunits are detailed, including methyl and the full series of halogens. Introduction of the key substituent was accomplished through directed metalation of the seco-CBI core followed by reaction of the resultant aryllithium with an appropriate electrophile. C3-Bromo and iodo substituents were only effectively installed on the hindered aryllithium intermediate using a novel halogen source, 1-bromo- and 1-iodophenylacetylene, that should prove generally useful beyond the studies we describe. X-ray crystal structures of the series show substantial distortion in the vinylogous amide due to unfavorable steric interactions between the C3-substituent and the N(2)-carbamate. In the halogen series, the N2-C2a bond length and the torsional angle chi(1) smoothly increase with the increasing size of the C3 substituent indicative of decreasing vinylogous amide conjugation through the series (H > F > Cl > Br > I). Unlike N-Boc-CBI, this series of substituted CBI analogues proved remarkably reactive toward solvolysis even at pH 7, where the reaction is uncatalyzed and the reactivity order (I > Br > Cl > F > H) follows a trend consistent with the extent of vinylogous amide conjugation and stabilization. The implications of these observations on the source of catalysis for the DNA alkylation reaction of the natural products are discussed.     

Synthesis of 4-alkyl-4H-benzo[e]- and 4H-pyrido[2,3-e]-1,2,4-triazin-3-one 1-oxides for potential anticancer activity

Alkylation of the sodium salt of 4H-benzo[e]-1,2,4-triazin-3-one 1-oxide and its 7-methyl homolog with benzyl bromide and chloromethoxyethyl acetate gave the 4-substituted products. Alkylation with aceto-bromoglucose formed the 3-ether. Alkylation of 4H-pyrido[2,3-e]-1,2,4-triazin-3-one 1-oxide gave the 4-substi-tuted products with both benzyl bromide and acetobromoglucose. Deacetylation of both the tetra-O-acetyl-glucosyl and acetoxyethoxymethyl derivatives was accompolished was accompolished. Antileukemia tests for several of the 4-alkyl derivatives showed no activity.     

Synthesis of 3-acetylbicyclo[3.1.0]-2-hexen-4-one

Conclusions The synthesis of 3-acetylbicyclo[3.1.0]-2-hexen-4-one was accomplished.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2350–2352, October, 1972.     

1,3-二苄基-4-(4-甲氧羰基丁基)-噻吩并[3,4-d]-咪唑-2-酮的合成

1,3-二苄基-4-(4-甲氧羰基丁基)-噻吩并[3,4-d]-咪唑-2-酮(Ⅰ)是合成生物素的一个关键中间体.在超声波促进下,用低价钛试剂对(4 aR)-1,3-二苄基-4-(1-己二酸单甲酯酰基硫甲基)-咪唑-2,5-二酮(Ⅱ)进行还原偶联,即生成1,3-二苄基-4-(4-甲氧羰基丁基)-噻吩并[3,4-d]咪唑-2-酮(Ⅰ).超声反应1.5 h,收率71%.     

Synthesis of (5S*,4aS*,7aS*)-5-hydroxyhexahydro-cyclopenta[c]pyran-3(1H)-one

(5S*,4aS*,7aS*)-5-Hydroxyhexahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-3(1H)-one, the promising isoprostane building block, was synthesized using intramolecular [3+2] cycloaddition of silyl nitronate generated from 4-benzyloxy-3-nitroocta-2,7-diene on the key step.     

3-[N-(4-甲基苯基)氨基羰基]-5-[4-(4-甲酸基苯甲氧基)苯亚甲基]-2,4-噻唑烷二酮的合成

以对甲苯胺和对甲基苯甲酸甲酯为起始原料,经NBS溴化、亲核取代、酸水解和Knoevenagel缩合等6步反应合成了抗细菌生物膜化合物—3-[N-(4-甲基苯基)氨基羰基]-5-[4-(4-甲酸基苯甲氧基)苯亚甲基]-2,4-噻唑烷二酮,总收率57.3％,其结构经1H NMR,ESI-MS和元素分析确证.