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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2019

Total Synthesis and Anti-Cancer Activity of All Known Communesin Alkaloids and Related Derivatives.

Matthew M Pompeo, Jaime H Cheah, Mohammad Movassaghi

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew M PompeoDepartment of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7761-085X
Jaime H CheahThe Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 500 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States.
Mohammad MovassaghiDepartment of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3080-1063
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Synthesis and Study of Dimeric Diketopiperazine AlkaloidsR01GM089732 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MOVASSAGHI, MOHAMMAD · 2010 to 2021
$4.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089732
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A unified enantioselective total synthesis and anticancer evaluation of all known epoxide-containing communesin alkaloids and related derivatives is described. Our synthesis is predicated on the convergent and modular diazene-directed assembly of two complex fragments to secure the critical C3a-C3a' linkage followed by a guided biomimetic aminal reorganization to deliver the heptacyclic core of these alkaloids. Concise enantioselective syntheses of the fragments were devised, with highlights including the application of a rationally designed sulfinamide chiral auxiliary, an efficient calcium trifluoromethanesulfonate promoted intramolecular amination, and a diastereoselective epoxidation that simultaneously converts the new chiral auxiliary to a versatile amine protective group. The modularity of our convergent approach enabled the rapid synthesis of all epoxide-containing members of the communesin family from a single heterodimeric intermediate, including the first total synthesis of communesins C-E, and G-I, and facilitated our stereochemical revision of (-)-communesin I, the most recently isolated communesin alkaloid. Furthermore, the generality of our biogenetically inspired heterodimer rearrangement was demonstrated in a guided synthesis of a communesin derivative with an unnatural topology. Finally, we report the first comparative analysis of the anticancer activities of all naturally occurring communesin alkaloids A-I and eight complex derivatives against five human cancer cell lines. From these data, we have identified (-)-communesin B as the most potent natural communesin and discovered that derivatives with

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AlkaloidsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsHumansMolecular ConformationStereoisomerismStructure-Activity RelationshipAlkaloidsAntineoplastic Agentscommunesin BHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings

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PMID31422662
PMCPMC6743222
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