由藜芦醛合成娃儿藤碱

以藜芦醛(1)、3,4-二甲氧基苯乙酸(2)、(S)-L-脯氨酸(6)等为原料,经8步反应,合成了一种抗肿瘤活性(s)-( )-娃儿藤碱。先由化合物1和2在乙酸酐/三乙胺催化下反应得到3,4-二甲氧基一反式-α-(3′, 4′-二甲氧基苯基)．肉桂酸(3),在0℃、三氟乙酸存在下用VOF_3对其关环成2,3,6,7-四甲氧基-9-羧基菲(4),然后用喹啉作介质,在230℃、无水CuSO_4催化下脱去羧基,得到2,3,6,7-四甲氧基菲(5),再和(S)-N- (三氟乙酰)-L-脯氨酰氯(6b)傅-克反应得到(S)-N-(三氟乙酰基)-2,3,6,7-四甲氧基-9-L-脯氨酰基菲(7),并对产物进行了柱纯化,所得产物在三氟化硼乙醚存在下用三乙基硅烷还原羰基,然后脱去三氟乙酰保护基,最后在盐酸存在下用甲醛闭环得到目标产物(10)。用NMR和MS表征了中间体和目标产物的结构。该合成反应条件温和,总收率为3．5％,产品纯度98．5％(HPLC)。     

A Concise Total Synthesis of S-（＋）-Tylophorine

A highly efficient total synthesis of S-( )-tylophorine has been accomplished in fully asymmetric fashion.     

娃儿藤碱类似物DCB-3501的全合成及其细胞毒性

以3,4-二甲氧基苯甲醛与3,4-二甲氧基苯乙酸为起始原料,经Perkin缩合、自由基氧化偶联反应、Swern氧化、还原胺化及付克酰基化等7步反应全合成了娃儿藤碱类似物DCB-3501,其结构经¹H NMR和ESI-MS确证。体外细胞毒性测试结果表明：DCB-3501对人结肠癌细胞HCT116、人胃癌细胞BGC-823、人肝癌细胞HepG-2、人宫颈癌细胞HeLa和人大细胞肺癌细胞H460的IC₅₀分别为20.0 μmol·L^-1, 50.9 μmol·L^-1, 2.1 μmol·L^-1, 65.8 μmol·L^-1和30.8 μmol·L^-1。     

Design,Synthesis and In-Vitro Biological Evaluation of Antofine and Tylophorine Prodrugs as Hypoxia-Targeted Anticancer Agents

Phenanthroindolizidines, such as antofine and tylophorine, are a family of natural alkaloids isolated from different species of Asclepiadaceas. They are characterized by interesting biological activities, such as pronounced cytotoxicity against different human cancerous cell lines, including multidrug-resistant examples. Nonetheless, these derivatives are associated with severe neurotoxicity and loss of in vivo activity due to the highly lipophilic nature of the alkaloids. Here, we describe the development of highly polar prodrugs of antofine and tylophorine as hypoxia-targeted prodrugs. The developed quaternary ammonium salts of phenanthroindolizidines showed high chemical and metabolic stability and are predicted to have no penetration through the blood–brain barrier. The designed prodrugs displayed decreased cytotoxicity when tested under normoxic conditions. However, their cytotoxic activity considerably increased when tested under hypoxic conditions.