title: Total syntheses of (+)-chloropuupehenone and (+)-chloropuupehenol and their analogues and evaluation of their bioactivities.
abstract: Tetracyclic pyrans (+)-chloropuupehenone (1) and (+)-chloropuupehenol (5) and its C8-R-isomer (+)-3 were synthesized via a one-pot condensation of 1-chloro-2-lithio-3,5,6-tris(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)benzene (8) with (4aS,8aS)-3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-2,5,5,8a-tetramethylnaphthalene-1-carboxaldehyde (7). The major condensation product, (4aS,6aR,12bS)-2H-9,10-bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-11-chloro-1,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12b-octahydro-4,4,6a,12b-tetramethyl-benzo[a]xanthene (4), after desilylation provided tetracyclic pyran (+)-(4aS,6aR,12bS)-2H-11-chloro-1,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12b-octahydro-4,4,6a,12b-tetramethyl-benzo[a]xanthene-9,10-diol (3). At a dosage of 42 mg/rat over 8 h, pyran diol 3 inhibited the intestinal absorption of cholesterol by 71% in rats. Tetracyclic pyran 4 was also converted to o-quinone 28, which inhibited cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity and L1210 leukemic cell viability with IC(50) values of 31 and 2.4 microM, respectively. Diol (+)-5 inhibited CETP activity with an IC(50) value of 16 microM. The minor condensation product, (4aS,6aS,12bS)-2H-9,10-bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-11-chloro-1,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12b-octahydro-4,4,6a,12b-tetramethyl-benzo[a]xanthene (6), was transformed into (+)-5 and (+)-1. A stepwise stereoselective synthesis of (+)-1 was also developed utilizing an oxyselenylation ring-closure reaction. The synthetic sequence also produced four biologically active naturally occurring drimanic sesquiterpenes, (+)-drimane-8alpha,11-diol (34), (-)-drimenol (38), (+)-albicanol (39), and (-)-albicanal (31) as intermediates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA. duy@ksu.edu
authors.forename: Duy H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Srinivas K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Battina
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Sang K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Sung I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Ichiji
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Namatame
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: Elisabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Perchellet
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Perchellet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D003500:Cyclization; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D007939:Leukemia L1210; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011714:Pyrans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D011714:Pyrans; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C492730:chloropuupehenol; C492729:chloropuupehenone