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The synthesis and biological testing of bacilysin analogues
Robertson, Keith,Murphy, Cormac D.,Paradisi, Francesca
, p. 1157 - 1168 (2013/11/06)
A series of compounds based on the structure of bacilysin were synthesised and tested for antibacterial activity. The key steps in the syntheses are the coupling of an iodide to a diketopiperazine (DKP) and mono-lactim ether scaffold, respectively. The diastereoselectivity of the coupling reactions was dependant on the scaffold, with selectivity for DKP of about 4:1 and mono-lactim ether exceeding 98:2. Subsequent elaboration of the compounds to give open chain dipeptides and DKPs that mimic the structure of bacilysin but substitute the epoxy ketone for a saturated or unsaturated ketone is described. Overall yield from coupling to final product was between 5 and 21 %, with the yield of the saturated products notably higher. The open chain dipeptides demonstrated moderate antibacterial and antifungal activity.
Diastereoselective synthesis of quaternary α-amino acids from diketopiperazine templates
Davies, Stephen G.,Christopher Garner,Ouzman, Jaqueline V. A.,Roberts, Paul M.,Smith, Andrew D.,Snow, Emma J.,Thomson, James E.,Tamayo, Juan A.,Vickers, Richard J.
, p. 2138 - 2147 (2008/03/14)
Sequential enolate alkylations of (S)-N(1)-methyl-5-methoxy-6-isopropyl-3, 6-dihydropyrazin-2-one and (S)-N(1)-p-methoxybenzyl-5-methoxy-6-isopropyl-3,6- dihydropyrazin-2-one proceed with excellent levels of diastereoselectivity (>90% de) affording quaternary α-amino acids in high enantiomeric excess (>98% ee) after deprotection and hydrolysis. This journal is The Royal Society of Chemistry.