Synthesis 2012; 44(11): 1663-1666
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1290986
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Protecting Group-Free Syntheses of (4S,5S,11R)- and (4S,5S,11S)-iso-Cladospolide B and Their Biological Evaluation

Chada Raji Reddy*
a   Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India
,
Nagavaram Narsimha Rao
a   Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India
,
Pombala Sujitha
b   Chemical Biology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India, Fax: +91(40)27160512   Email: rajireddy@iict.res.in
,
Chityal Ganesh Kumar
b   Chemical Biology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India, Fax: +91(40)27160512   Email: rajireddy@iict.res.in
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Publication History

Received: 20 February 2012

Accepted after revision: 03 April 2012

Publication Date:
09 May 2012 (online)


Abstract

Short and efficient total syntheses of (4S,5S,11R)- and (4S,5S,11S)-iso-cladospolide B were achieved in five steps each without using any protecting groups. The key steps were an alkyne-zipper reaction, a Suzuki cross coupling, and a Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation. The biological activities of both natural products toward various cancer cell lines were tested for the first time.