Synthesis of Leucascandrolide A via a Spontaneous Macrolactolization J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, Presented by Vijayarajan Devannah 3/19/2013 Ying Wang, Jelena Janjic, Sergey A. Kozmin
About Professor Sergey A. Kozmin Education and Professional Undergraduate Research Assistant with Professor Irina P. Beletskaya Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Graduate Research Assistant with Professor Viresh H. RawalUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Postdoctoral Associate with Professor Amos B. Smith, III University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Associate Professor, University of Chicago 2011-present Professor, University of Chicago Notable Awards 2003 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 2004 American Cancer Society Research Scholar 2004 Amgen Young Investigator’s Award 2004 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award 2005 NSF CAREER Award 2005 GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Research Scholar 1
About Leucascandrolide A Its is a highly bioactive marine macrolide isolated from new genus of calcerous sponges Leucascandra caveolata. It displays potent cytotoxicity against KB and P388 tumor cell lines ( IC ng/ml and 0.25 μg/mL respectively), and it also a strong inhibitor of animal-pathogenic yeast candida albicans. Structural Features of Leucascandrolide A It possess a 14 membered lactone It includes dioxotricyclic core It is highly unsaturated and contains oxazole in its side chain. 2
Retrosynthesis 3
Synthesis of C 1 -C 15 Fragment 4 Scheme 2 Scheme 3
Continues…… 5 Scheme 4 Scheme 5
Formation of crucial Macrocycle 6 Scheme 5
Synthesis of Oxazole side chain and completion of the target Leucascandrolide A 7 Scheme 6
Conclusion Racemic Leucascandrolide A was synthesized in longest linear sequence of 18 steps from commercially available precursors. 500 MHz 1 H NMR and 125 MHz 13 C NMR spectra of synthetic Leucascandrolide A was in excellent agreement with those reported in literature. Total yield is 2% 8
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