Total Synthesis of Kanamienamide and Clarification of Biological Activity

J Org Chem. 2017 Dec 1;82(23):12503-12510. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02288. Epub 2017 Nov 8.

Abstract

The total synthesis of kanamienamide, an enamide with an enol ether and an 11-membered macrolactone of marine origin, was achieved. The synthesis features the construction of an enamide adjacent to an enol ether by Buchwald amidation and an 11-membered ring by Mitsunobu lactonization. In addition, on the basis of the biological assay of synthetic 1, we clarified that kanamienamide (1) was not an apoptosis-like cell death inducer, as reported in the isolation paper, and revealed its real biological activity as a necrosis-like cell death inducer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis
  • Biological Assay*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Necrosis