Integrative Biology Journals

Natural Products and Bioprospecting ›› 2015, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (1): 37-45.DOI: 10.1007/s13659-014-0049-8

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Cascade N-Alkylation/Hemiacetalization for Facile Construction of the Spiroketal Skeleton of Acortatarin Alkaloids with Therapeutic Potentiality in Diabetic Nephropathy

Pei Cao1, Zhen-Jie Li1, Wen-Wu Sun1,2, Shashwat Malhotra3,4, Yuan-Liang Ma1, Bin Wu1, Virinder S. Parmar3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China;
    3. Bioorganic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India;
    4. Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Received:2014-11-03 Revised:2014-11-27 Online:2018-02-11 Published:2015-02-24
  • Supported by:
    This research was supported by grants from the "Hundred Talents Project" of Chinese Academy of Science and "High-end Science and Technology Talents Program" of Yunnan Province(2011HA008).

Cascade N-Alkylation/Hemiacetalization for Facile Construction of the Spiroketal Skeleton of Acortatarin Alkaloids with Therapeutic Potentiality in Diabetic Nephropathy

Pei Cao1, Zhen-Jie Li1, Wen-Wu Sun1,2, Shashwat Malhotra3,4, Yuan-Liang Ma1, Bin Wu1, Virinder S. Parmar3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China;
    3. Bioorganic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India;
    4. Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
  • 通讯作者: Bin Wu,e-mail:wubin@mail.kib.ac.cn;Virinder S.Parmar,e-mail:virparmar@gmail.com
  • 基金资助:
    This research was supported by grants from the "Hundred Talents Project" of Chinese Academy of Science and "High-end Science and Technology Talents Program" of Yunnan Province(2011HA008).

Abstract: The concise building of the spiroketal core of acortatarin-type alkaloids as potential therapeutic agents in diabetic nephropathy was established in four steps, through a tandem N-alkylation/hemiacetalization between pyrrole units and the corresponding halo alcohols generated by convenient halomethylation of chiral lactones from natural aldoses.

Key words: Acortatarin alkaloids, Diabetic nephropathy, N-alkylation/hemiacetalization, Halomethylation, Chiral lactones

摘要: The concise building of the spiroketal core of acortatarin-type alkaloids as potential therapeutic agents in diabetic nephropathy was established in four steps, through a tandem N-alkylation/hemiacetalization between pyrrole units and the corresponding halo alcohols generated by convenient halomethylation of chiral lactones from natural aldoses.

关键词: Acortatarin alkaloids, Diabetic nephropathy, N-alkylation/hemiacetalization, Halomethylation, Chiral lactones