Isolation and Total Synthesis of Bromoiesol sulfates, Antitrypanosomal arylethers from a Salileptolyngbya sp. Marine Cyanobacterium

J Org Chem. 2021 Sep 3;86(17):11763-11770. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01214. Epub 2021 Aug 16.

Abstract

Bromoiesol sulfates A (1) and B (2), new polyhalogenated aryl sulfates, were isolated from a Salileptolyngbya sp. marine cyanobacterium along with their hydrolyzed compounds, bromoiesols A (3) and B (4). To pick up the candidates of their structures, we used Small Molecule Accurate Recognition Technology (SMART), an artificial intelligence-based structure-prediction tool, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of bromoiesols (3 and 4). In addition, to verify the structures, the total synthesis of bromoiesol A sulfate (1) and bromoiesol A (3) was achieved. The bromoiesol family, especially bromoiesols (3 and 4), selectively inhibited the growth of the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the causative agent of human African sleeping sickness.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents* / pharmacology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Humans
  • Sulfates
  • Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
  • Trypanosomiasis, African*

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Sulfates