Abstract
We have described the synthesis of the two complex units (2R,3R,4S)-dolaproine (Dap) and (3R,4S,5S)-dolaisoleuine (Dil) of dolastatin 10 from natural amino acids. The stereoselective syntheses of N-Boc-Dap (4a) and N-Boc-(2S)-iso-Dap (4b) were performed by employing crotylation of N-Boc-L-prolinal as a key step. Barbier-type allylation of N-Boc-L-isoleucinal provided a mild and convenient approach for the synthesis of N-Boc-Dil (5a) and N-Boc-(3S)-iso-Dil (5b). Ten dolastatin 10 analogues have been designed and synthesized with N-terminal modifications based on the known compound monomethylauristatin F (MMAF, 3). In comparison with MMAF (3), four of the compounds showed enhanced potency against HCT 116 human colon cancer cells in vitro.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2255-2266 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Auristatins
- Dap and Dil
- Dolastatin 10 analogues
- N-Terminal modification
- Stereoselective synthesis