Synthesis and biological activity evaluation of dolastatin 10 analogues with N-terminal modifications

  • Xin Wang
  • , Suzhen Dong
  • , Dengke Feng
  • , Yazhou Chen
  • , Mingliang Ma
  • , Wenhao Hu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2255-2266
Number of pages12
JournalTetrahedron
Volume73
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Auristatins
  • Dap and Dil
  • Dolastatin 10 analogues
  • N-Terminal modification
  • Stereoselective synthesis

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