Two versatile and parallel approaches to highly symmetrical open and closed natural product-based structures

Chemistry. 2010 Mar 22;16(12):3798-814. doi: 10.1002/chem.200903264.

Abstract

Two parallel approaches for preparing diverse and highly symmetrical homohybrids derived from a series of mono- and diterpenes, steroids, and alkaloids are reported. Both procedures are based on the mono-addition of bis(alkynyl) dilithium reagents to natural products having a carbonyl group to produce the corresponding alkynyl derivatives. The Glaser-Hay Cu-promoted homocoupling of these alkynyl natural product mono-adducts as well as the Huisgen Cu-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction resulted in the synthesis of steroid-, terpene-, and alkaloid-based homohybrid derivatives incorporating diverse spacers to join the natural product scaffolds. Straightforward entries to novel closed highly symmetrical and complex estrone-based macrocyclic and cage architectures by means of the Glaser-Eglinton homocoupling and the CuAAC reaction have been devised.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Biological Products / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Copper / chemistry
  • Cyclization
  • Lithium / chemistry
  • Macrocyclic Compounds / chemistry
  • Steroids / chemistry
  • Terpenes / chemistry

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Alkynes
  • Biological Products
  • Macrocyclic Compounds
  • Steroids
  • Terpenes
  • Copper
  • Lithium