Synthesis 2018; 50(03): 529-538
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591836
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The Structure Elucidation of Haprolid

Jun Li
a   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Organic Chemistry (OCI), Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany   Email: markus.kalesse@oci.uni-hannover.de
b   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Center for Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ), Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Jun Xing
c   Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Tübingen, Geissweg 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Daniel Lücke
a   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Organic Chemistry (OCI), Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany   Email: markus.kalesse@oci.uni-hannover.de
b   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Center for Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ), Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Dennis Lübken
a   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Organic Chemistry (OCI), Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany   Email: markus.kalesse@oci.uni-hannover.de
b   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Center for Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ), Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
d   Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), Imhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Lucas Millbrodt
a   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Organic Chemistry (OCI), Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany   Email: markus.kalesse@oci.uni-hannover.de
b   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Center for Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ), Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Ruben R. Plentz
c   Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Tübingen, Geissweg 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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a   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Organic Chemistry (OCI), Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany   Email: markus.kalesse@oci.uni-hannover.de
b   Leibniz Universität Hannover, Center for Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ), Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
d   Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), Imhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Publication History

Received: 21 October 2017

Accepted: 26 October 2017

Publication Date:
24 November 2017 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Cesare Gennari on the occasion of his 65th birthday

Abstract

The assignment of two stereocenters of the natural product haprolid through the application of a profile hidden Markov model (HMM) and its confirmation through total synthesis of the natural product and of two of its diastereomers are reported. The structure elucidation of this polyketide-peptide hybrid natural product is a telling showcase of how difficult it can be to determine the absolute configuration of isolated stereocenters and the benefits of a gene cluster analysis for structure determination. The key steps of the synthesis are a selective epoxidation of a terminal olefin and the stereodivergent macrolactonization strategy. Furthermore, the biological evaluation of all products showed that all diastereomers are potent inhibitors of hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines.