Table Of ContentProgress in the Chemistry
of Organic Natural Products
Founded by L. Zechmeister
Editors:
A.D. Kinghorn, Columbus, OH
H. Falk, Linz
J. Kobayashi, Sapporo
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V.M. Dirsch, Vienna
S. Gibbons, London
N.H. Oberlies, Greensboro, NC
Y. Ye, Shanghai
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Progress in the Chemistry
of Organic Natural Products
Authors:
S.S. Ebada, N. Lajkiewicz, J.A. Porco Jr,
M. Li-Weber, and P. Proksch
M.A.R.C. Bulusu, K. Baumann, and A. Stuetz
R.I. Misico, V.E. Nicotra, J.C. Oberti, G. Barboza,
R.R. Gil, and G. Burton
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Johannes-Kepler-Universita¨t,Linz,Austria
Prof.Dr.J.Kobayashi,GraduateSchoolofPharmaceuticalSciences,
HokkaidoUniversity,Sapporo,Japan
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Contents
Contributors ............................................................... ix
ChemistryandBiologyofRocaglamides(¼Flavaglines)
andRelatedDerivativesfromAglaiaSpecies(Meliaceae) .............. 1
SherifS.Ebada,NeilLajkiewicz,JohnA.PorcoJr.,
MinLi-Weber,andPeterProksch
1. Introduction .............................................................. 2
2. StructuralClassificationofRocaglamidesandRelated
Compounds ............................................................... 5
2.1. RocaglamideDerivatives ........................................... 5
2.2. AglainDerivatives ................................................. 12
2.3. AglaforbesinDerivatives ........................................... 17
2.4. ForbaglineDerivatives ............................................. 18
3. BiosynthesisofRocaglamidesandRelatedMetabolites ............... 20
4. PharmacologicalSignificanceofRocaglamidesandRelated
Compounds .............................................................. 23
4.1. InsecticidalActivity ................................................ 23
4.2. Anti-inflammatoryActivity ........................................ 26
4.3. AnticancerActivity ................................................ 28
5. ChemicalSynthesisofCyclopenta[b]benzofurans ..................... 34
5.1. FirstApproachestotheSynthesisofRocaglamides .............. 34
5.2. TheFirstTotalSynthesisofRocaglamide ......................... 36
5.3. SynthesesofRocaglamideandRelatedNaturalProducts ......... 37
5.4. NewApproachestoRocaglamideandRelated
NaturalProducts ................................................... 39
5.5. SynthesesofSilvestrol ............................................. 44
5.6. DevelopmentofRocaglatesandAnaloguesasTherapeutic
Agents .............................................................. 47
6. ConcludingRemarks .................................................... 51
References .................................................................. 51
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ChemistryoftheImmunomodulatoryMacrolideAscomycin
andRelatedAnalogues .................................................... 59
MurtyA.R.C.Bulusu,KarlBaumann,andAntonStuetz
1. Introduction ............................................................. 59
1.1. AscomycinandRelatedNaturalProducts ......................... 60
1.2. AscomycinDerivatives,aNovelClassofAnti-inflammatory
Compounds ......................................................... 62
1.3. StructuralFeaturesofAscomycin ................................. 66
2. SynthesisAspects ....................................................... 70
2.1. SynthesisoftheFourDiastereomeric“Furano-Ascomycins” ..... 70
2.2. Synthesisof13CLabelledAscomycin ............................. 72
2.3. ReactivityoftheBindingDomain ................................. 75
2.4. ModificationsintheEffectorandCyclohexylDomains .......... 94
3. Summary ............................................................... 116
References ................................................................. 118
WithanolidesandRelatedSteroids ..................................... 127
RosanaI.Misico,VivianaE.Nicotra,JuanC.Oberti,GloriaBarboza,
RobertoR.Gil,andGerardoBurton
1. Introduction ............................................................ 128
2. WithanolidesinthePlantKingdom ................................... 129
2.1. SolanaceousGeneraContainingWithanolides .................. 129
2.2. Non-SolanaceousGeneraContainingWithanolides ............. 132
3. ClassificationofWithanolides ......................................... 132
3.1. Withanolideswithad-Lactoneord-LactolSideChain ......... 132
3.2. Withanolideswithag-LactoneSideChain ...................... 134
4. WithanolideswithanUnmodifiedSkeleton ........................... 135
4.1. TheWithaniaWithanolides ...................................... 135
4.2. OtherWithanolideswithanUnmodifiedSkeleton .............. 143
5. WithanolideswithModifiedSkeletons ................................ 157
5.1. WithanolideswithAdditionalRingsInvolvingC-21 ........... 157
5.2. PhysalinsandWithaphysalins ................................... 163
5.3. WithanolidesContaininganAromaticRing
andRelatedSteroids ............................................. 168
5.4. Withanolideswithag-LactoneSideChain ...................... 172
5.5. 18-Norwithanolides .............................................. 181
5.6. SpiranoidWithanolidesatC-22 ................................. 184
6. ChemicalandBio-transformationsofWithanolides .................. 185
6.1. ChemicalTransformations ....................................... 186
6.2. PhotochemicalTransformations ................................. 188
6.3. Biotransformations ............................................... 189
7. BiologicalActivitiesoftheWithanolides ............................. 192
7.1. InsecticidalActivities ............................................ 193
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7.2. PhytotoxicActivities ............................................. 196
7.3. AntiparasiticActivities ........................................... 197
7.4. AntimicrobialActivities ......................................... 199
7.5. Anti-inflammatoryandGlucocorticoidRelatedActivities ...... 200
7.6. Cancer-RelatedActivities ........................................ 203
7.7. CNS-RelatedActivities .......................................... 208
8. ChemotaxonomicConsiderations ...................................... 209
8.1. TribePhysaleae .................................................. 210
8.2. TribesHyoscyameae,Lycieae,andSolaneae ................... 213
8.3. TribeDatureae ................................................... 213
8.4. GenerawithUncertainPositionsintheSolanaceae
TaxonomicSystem ............................................... 213
References ................................................................. 216
AuthorIndex ............................................................. 231
SubjectIndex ............................................................. 249
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Contributors
Gloria Barboza Departamento de Farmacia and IMBIV (CONICET), Facultad
de Ciencias Qu´ımicas, Universidad Nacional de Co´rdoba, Ciudad Universitaria,
Co´rdoba5000,Argentina,[email protected]
Karl Baumann Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Vienna, Muthgasse
11/2,A-1190,Vienna,Austria
MurtyA.R.C.Bulusu NovartisInstitutesforBioMedicalResearchVienna,Muth-
gasse11/2,A-1190,Vienna,Austria
Gerardo Burton Departamento de Qu´ımica Orga´nica and UMYMFOR
(CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad
de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabello´n 2, Buenos Aires C1428EGA,
Argentina,[email protected]
Sherif S. Ebada Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology,
Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, D-40225,
Duesseldorf, Germany; Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University, Organization of African Unity 1,
11566Cairo,Egypt,[email protected]
RobertoR.Gil DepartmentofChemistry,CarnegieMellonUniversity,4400Fifth
AvePittsburgh,PA15213,USA,[email protected]
NeilLajkiewicz DepartmentofChemistryandCenterforChemicalMethodology
and Library Development (CMLD-BU), Boston University, Commonwealth
Avenue590,Boston,MA02215,USA,[email protected]
Min Li-Weber Tumor Immunology Program (D030), German Cancer Research
Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany,
[email protected]
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Rosana I. Misico Departamento de Qu´ımica Orga´nica and UMYMFOR
(CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de
BuenosAires,CiudadUniversitaria,Pabello´n2,BuenosAiresC1428EGA,Argentina,
[email protected]
VivianaE.Nicotra DepartamentodeQu´ımicaOrga´nicaandIMBIV(CONICET),
Facultad de Ciencias Qu´ımicas, Universidad Nacional de Co´rdoba, Ciudad
Universitaria, Ciencias Qu´ımicas II, Co´rdoba 5000, Argentina, vnicotra@mail.
fcq.unc.edu.ar
Juan C. Oberti Departamento de Qu´ımica Orga´nica and IMBIV (CONICET),
Facultad de Ciencias Qu´ımicas, Universidad Nacional de Co´rdoba, Ciudad Uni-
versitaria,CienciasQu´ımicasII,Co´rdoba,Argentina,[email protected]
JohnA.PorcoJr. DepartmentofChemistryandCenterforChemicalMethodology
andLibraryDevelopment(CMLD-BU),BostonUniversity,CommonwealthAvenue
590,Boston,MA02215,USA,[email protected]
PeterProksch InstituteofPharmaceuticalBiologyandBiotechnology,Heinrich-
Heine University of Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, D-40225, Duesseldorf,
Germany,[email protected]
Anton Stuetz Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Vienna, Muthgasse
11/2,A-1190,Vienna,Austria,[email protected]