Volume 43, Issue 12 pp. 1559-1562
Communication

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Batzelladine A

Jun Shimokawa

Jun Shimokawa

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-8495

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Koji Shirai

Koji Shirai

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-8495

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Aya Tanatani Dr.

Aya Tanatani Dr.

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-8495

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Yuichi Hashimoto Prof.

Yuichi Hashimoto Prof.

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-8495

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Kazuo Nagasawa Prof.

Kazuo Nagasawa Prof.

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-8495

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First published: 09 March 2004
Citations: 64

We thank Prof. T. Nakata (Tokyo University of Science) and Dr. H. Koshino (RIKEN) for helpful discussions. This work has been supported by grants from the Pharmacy Research Encouragement Foundation, the Uehara Memorial Foundation, and the Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research.

Graphical Abstract

One-step formation of an enone from a primary alcohol has been effectively applied in the total synthesis of batzelladine A (1). Successive 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with a subsequent cyclization were used to form the tricyclic guanidine subunit of this natural product, which has the strongest inhibitory activity of HIV gp120-CD4 binding among the batzelladines.

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