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Novel Skeletal Rearrangements of the Tigliane Diterpenoid Core.


ABSTRACT: To investigate the role of the secondary 5-hydroxy group in the activity of the anticancer drug tigilanol tiglate (2b) (Stelfonta), oxidation of this epoxytigliane diterpenoid from the Australian rainforest plant Fontainea picrosperma was attempted. Eventually, 5-dehydrotigilanol tiglate (3a) proved too unstable to be characterized in terms of biological activity and, therefore, was not a suitable tool compound for bioactivity studies. On the other hand, a series of remarkable skeletal rearrangements associated with the presence of a 5-keto group were discovered during its synthesis, including a dismutative ring expansion of ring A and a mechanistically unprecedented dyotropic substituent swap around the C-4/C-10 bond. Taken together, these observations highlight the propensity of the α-hydroxy-β-diketone system to trigger complex skeletal rearrangements and pave the way to new areas of the natural products chemical space.

SUBMITTER: Maioli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749460 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Novel Skeletal Rearrangements of the Tigliane Diterpenoid Core.

Maioli Chiara C   Amin Hawraz Ibrahim M HIM   Chianese Giuseppina G   Minassi Alberto A   Reddell Paul W PW   Gaeta Simone S   Taglialatela-Scafati Orazio O   Appendino Giovanni G  

Journal of natural products 20231122 12


To investigate the role of the secondary 5-hydroxy group in the activity of the anticancer drug tigilanol tiglate (<b>2b</b>) (Stelfonta), oxidation of this epoxytigliane diterpenoid from the Australian rainforest plant <i>Fontainea picrosperma</i> was attempted. Eventually, 5-dehydrotigilanol tiglate (<b>3a</b>) proved too unstable to be characterized in terms of biological activity and, therefore, was not a suitable tool compound for bioactivity studies. On the other hand, a series of remarkab  ...[more]

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