Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Southern Hemisphere of Spirastrellolide A and Analogues

J Org Chem. 2020 Nov 6;85(21):13694-13709. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01867. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

Abstract

The synthesis and biological evaluation of truncated spirastrellolide A analogues comprised of the southern hemisphere against protein phosphatase 2A are described. A convergent synthesis was designed featuring two gold-catalyzed cyclization reactions, specifically, a dehydrative cyclization of monoallylic diols for the synthesis of the tetrahydropyran (A-ring) and a regioselective spiroketalization for the efficient generation of the [6,6]-spiroketal (B, C-ring system). The synthesis of the southern hemisphere of spirastrellolide A was achieved involving the longest linear sequence of 19 steps. A total of eight spirastrellolide A analogues were synthesized, and preliminary PP2A enzyme assay inhibition studies were performed for the first time on analogues of the southern hemisphere. Several analogues showed inhibition, which is a positive indication and perhaps suggests that the unsaturated spiroketal fragment might be crucial to induce PP2A inhibition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cyclization
  • Macrolides*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Spiro Compounds
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Macrolides
  • Spiro Compounds
  • spirastrellolide A