SCH-64874 (5) is a fungal metabolite that inhibits the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a high-profile oncology target, with an IC50 of 1.0µg/mL. It is of particular interest because it is unlikely to inhibit the protein’s intramolecular kinase domain (as typical chemical EGFR inhibitors do), and may act instead by obstructing the receptor’s ligand binding and/or dimerisation processes. / In this work, the epipolythiodiketopiperazine family of natural products is reviewed, leading to a discussion of the probable biosynthetic pathways by which these complex molecules are produced in nature. A laboratory synthesis based on this proposed biosynthesis was subsequently proposed and undertaken. / The oxidation of aromatic systems was investigated, which led to the synthesis, for the first time, of complex functionalised arene oxides such as 178. The regioselective epoxidation of 178 was accessed by derivatisation as the Diels-Alder adduct 180. Subsequent epoxidation and manipulation led to the amino alcohol 195b, possessing the exo-epoxide endo-alcohol stereochemistry shown. / This stereochemical assignment was based on detailed NMR analysis of the product, and also on AM1 semi-empirical molecular modelling and Ab initio molecular orbital calculations, which were used to evaluate the relative stabilities of the cyclisation products.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/284492 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Cebon, Benjamin Isaiah Martin |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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