title: Thiophilic ring-opening and rearrangement reactions of epoxyketone natural products.
abstract: Thiol additions to the highly functionalized core structures of aranorosin- and manumycin-type antibiotics reveal the general reactivity patterns of epoxyketone natural products. Rapid hemiacetal and hydrate formations decrease the reactivity of the epoxyketone moiety in aqueous media toward the cellular scavenger glutathione, and secondary 1,2-shift, elimination, aromatization and intramolecular aldol reactions provide novel reaction pathways. In a hydrophobic environment, the thiol-capture function of the ketone moiety facilitates electrophilic attack.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wipf
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jeger
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007659:Ketones; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds