Total Synthesis of the Proposed Structure for Protoaculeine B, a Polycationic Marine Sponge Metabolite, with a Homogeneous Long-Chain Polyamine

J Nat Prod. 2020 Sep 25;83(9):2769-2775. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00761. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

Abstract

By establishing the procedures for sequential deprotections, reaction monitoring, purification, and handling, for the first time, we achieved the total synthesis of the proposed structure for protoaculeine B (2), which is a highly hydrophilic and polycationic amino acid. The NMR and mass spectra and chemical reactivity of the synthetic sample differed from those of natural protoaculeine B, which indicates the necessity for revision of the originally reported structure.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Indoles / chemical synthesis
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyamines / chemical synthesis
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Polyamines
  • protoaculeine B