Synthetic modification of manzamine A via Grubbs metathesis. Novel structures with enhanced antibacterial and antiprotozoal properties.

ABSTRACT: A strategy for the structural modification of biologically important alkene-containing natural products via ring-opening olefin metathesis is described. Exposure of manzamine A 1 to the second-generation Grubbs catalyst in the presence of ethylene leads to the formation of 2 and 4. The antibacterial activity of the novel manzamine analogue 2 (IC50=0.10 nM) against Mycobacterium intracellulare is ca. 2-fold more potent than that of ciprofloxacin (IC50=0.18 nM), a drug that is frequently used against antibiotic-resistant infections.

SUBMITTER: Winkler JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918910 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature