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132 Chemistry and Biology of Beta-Lactams
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(b) Structure–activity relationships (SARs) of newly synthesized β-lactams and a study of their
activities were compared with the lead compound and clinically active drugs to study the genomic effects of these compounds (small-molecule screening technology) in order to better identify their specic cellular targets and to rene the SARs. Since some of these compounds inhibited the G2/M transition point in cancer cell lines, cell cycle analysis and studies of apop­tosis were a constant part of their evaluations. The new data was analyzed and compared with in vitro cytotoxicity data obtained using standard, sensitive, and resistant human tumor cell lines as well as non-transformed human cell lines.
(c) The antitumor activities of β-lactams in vivo against a few ovarian, breast, and pancreatic can-
cer cell lines were conducted.
4.2 Specific Research Area: β-Lactams as Anticancer Agents
The search for new and novel organic compounds for the treatment of cancers is the aim of intense study. Over the past decades, chemotherapy, either alone or in association with surgery and radiotherapy, has represented the major approach for the treatment of cancers. However, despite the progress in research, the morbidity and mortality of cancer remain a major health problem worldwide. The effectiveness of currently available anticancer drugs is limited by their high toxicities and their intrinsic or acquired drug resistance.1 Therefore, it is essential to identify novel chemotherapeutic molecules with high potency, low toxicity, and mutagenicity with selective anticancer activity that are able to overcome frequently developed tumor resistance to conventional anticancer drugs. An additional problem is that many of the currently available drugs are unable to differentiate between normal and neoplastic cells. Selective acti­vation of cell death pathways in cancer cells, but not in normal cells, is essential as one novel strategy for the development of chemotherapeutic agents. Although cancer has been considered a disease of uncon­trolled cell division, abnormal resistance to apoptosis is recognized to contribute to tumor initiation, progression, and resistance to chemotherapy. Many anticancer agents induce apoptosis in normal as well as malignant cells.2 Although the chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and medicinal values of β-lactams are extremely well studied, reports of these molecules as anticancer agents are very limited. Based on the limitation of the conventional anticancer agents under therapeutic situations, studies of β-lactams as new chemotherapeutic agents are signicant, timely, and useful. The role of β-lactam antibiotics for the treatment of different types of infections has been well established for the past several decades.3 Since many β-lactams have been widely used as crucial and safe antibacterial agents, the hypothesis was that novel β-lactam drugs can be synthesized that will have an enhanced anticancer activity, low toxicity to normal tissues, and preclinical efcacy. On this basis, our goal was to develop the synthesis of β-lactams of different structures and to study their anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo as compared with our current lead compounds and clinically active medicines, particularly their effects against specic cel­lular targets.
4.3 Rationale for Synthesizing β-Lactams as Anticancer Agents
We designed, synthesized, and tested a number of novel anticancer β-lactams in racemic and optically active forms and have shown that they possess excellent antitumor activity in vitro against a number of human cancer cell lines such as ovarian, melanoma, breast, colon, leukemia, and pancreatic includ­ing against GEM-resistant cancer cell lines at micromolar level and in a few animal tumor models.4,
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Turos et al. also investigated novel β-lactams as anticancer agents.6 In many instances, this activity exceeded that of cisplatin and adriamycin in vitro. Biochemical studies of some of these β-lactams dem­onstrated an extremely active blockade of the G2/M checkpoint in cancer cell lines. In addition, it was found that these β-lactams are relatively nontoxic to mice and non-mutagenic when tested in bacterial and animal systems. Experiments conrmed that these compounds have good bioavailability and cell permeability. Clearly, these results appeared to be of considerable interest in cancer therapy, much of which was focused upon seeking new compounds that “target” specic and obligate pathways in tumor
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metabolism and control. Our studies on diverse anticancer products had a remarkable similarity with synthetic β-lactams.
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4.4 Results and Discussions
We reported the synthesis and biological evaluation of a number of planar molecules using lipophilic polycyclic aromatic amines as their nucleus for a systematic examination of modications of structure, shape, charge, basicity, and other characteristics that might result in the killing of cancer cells (Scheme
4.1).8 From the literature, it was known that conformationally constrained molecules have a much greater effect on the biological properties compared to the relatively exible open-chain compounds in many examples.
This was supported by the fact that conformationally restricted amides (β-lactams) are more effective
at lowering cholesterol in human plasma compared to open-chain substrates.6 Restriction of confor­mational freedom in a small organic molecule had signicant changes in assay performances. Many examples were known in which restricted compounds have shown excellent and better biological proles compared to relatively exible analogues.
Banik’s research group demonstrated synthesis and biological evaluation of a few derivatives of polyaromatic amines, which were open-chain amides to which the polycyclic reside was bound.7 These structures suggested that a ring formation using N1 and C4 would end up with a β-lactam. On this basis, we envisioned that β-lactam would serve as a conformationally constrained analogue of open-chain diamides that have shown promising anticancer activity.4 Therefore, synthesis of a number of novel
β-lactams was conducted, and these were evaluated against several cancer cell lines. As usual, many new β-lactams were proven to be totally inactive. However, some of them demonstrated excellent antitumor
activity in vitro against a number of cancer cell lines and in animal tumor model systems (diverse ovarian cancer cell lines, pancreatic cell lines, and colon cancer cell lines).
In cancer research, DNA is the most challenging bio-receptor for many small organic compounds and a target of choice for the control of gene expression.1, 2 However, it is known that DNA binding is not sufcient to confer cytotoxic activities. Conformational restriction in some molecules gives them signi­cance as anticancer agents. Interaction of organic molecules with DNA is also offered as a mechanism of cytotoxic effects. Groove binders and intercalators are the main categories of DNA-binding compounds. The intercalators are very important class of anticancer DNA-binding agents. In general, insertion of planar aromatic or heteroaromatic rings in between DNA base pairs is the characteristic feature of these types of compounds (anthracyclines, ellipticines, camptothecin, and acridines). Many of these types of compounds are also excellent topoisomerase inhibitors. Hydrogen bonding and π-stacking are also crucial in the stabilization of the compound-DNA complex, which causes inhibition of the replication process and cell death. Anticancer activity is discovered in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-bearing compounds. Interestingly, DNA-intercalating drugs (doxorubicin) have also been shown to interact with cell membranes effectively. We have synthesized and identied a few active polycyclic aromatic antican­cer agents that are highly effective in inhibiting cancer cell growth without affecting normal cells. As an extension of our research on these types of small molecules, we designed, synthesized, and tested a number of novel, non-mutagenic, and nontoxic β-lactams.4 The physicochemical properties of some of these β-lactams were investigated.
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4.4.1 Preparation of Imines
We prepared structurally diverse β-lactams using imines derived from 9-aminophenanthrene, 2-amino­(9,10)-dihydrophenanthrene, 6-aminochrysene, 5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline, and benzylic polyaro­matic amines. Benzylic polyaromatic and heteroaromatic amino compounds are more basic than polyaromatic amino compounds, and therefore, these types of compounds were also used.
A facile synthesis of polyaromatic nitro derivatives starting from polyaromatic hydrocarbons through the use of bismuth nitrate (and other metal nitrate salts) impregnated with solid support was demon­strated.9 Bismuth nitrate-induced nitration produced nitro aromatics with excellent regioselectivity. It was a better reagent in nitrating the polyaromatic hydrocarbons than conventional nitric acid or nitronium tetrauoroborate. Indium-induced reduction was used for the facile preparation of aromatic amine in water in the presence of ammonium chloride.10 Samarium metal-induced reduction of the aromatic nitro compounds was also acheived.11 Hydrogenation by palladium-charcoal and catalytic transfer hydrogena­tion (Pd/C and ammonium formate) were also performed to obtain the polyaromatic amino compounds. The amines were condensed with diverse carbonyl compounds in toluene (and in benzene) as the solvent using a Dean–Stark water separator to afford imines in excellent yield. Due to the less basicity of the polyaromatic amines compared to primary aromatic amines, this reaction required a longer time under reux conditions (Scheme 4.2).
4.4.2 Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Disubstituted β-Lactams
A facile preparation of several β-lactams was achieved by indium-induced reactions.12 Indium-mediated reactions were also used by our group.13 Synthesis of several new 3,4-disubstituted β-lactams with polyaromatic imines was demonstrated.14 An unprecedented stereochemical aspect of the Staudinger reaction was identied. Reaction of the diaryl imine derived from monocyclic aromatic amine with acid chloride in the presence of triethylamine produced exclusively cis-β -lactams. However, in contrast to the literature, diaryl imine derived from polyaromatic amine under identical conditions with acid chloride (equivalent) afforded the trans-β-lactam as the exclusive or major product in many examples (Scheme
4.3). On the other hand, imines derived from conjugated carbonyl compounds produced mostly cis-β- lactams or a mixture of trans- and cis-isomers under these conditions. It was known that conjugated imines derived from conjugated carbonyl compound produce cis-β-lactams. In contrast, however, a pro­cedure was developed by which it is possible to prepare a number of trans-β-lactams at high temperature
H
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SCHEME 4.2 Preparation of Imines from Polyaromatic Amines.
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B
other metal nitrates
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5H
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Reflux
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6
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ZCH
COCl
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ans Beta Lactams only: Ar1=Chrysenyl, Phenanthrenyl and Pyrenyl;
Trans Beta Lactams Mixtures: Ar1=Chrysenyl, Phenanthrenyl and Pyrenyl;
SCHEME 4.3 Synthesis of β-Lactams Using Polyaromatic Compounds.
2
N
O
SCHEME 4.4 Preparation of Hydroxy and Mesylate Derivatives of the β-Lactams.
Ar
1
Ar1=Chrysenyl, Phenanthrenyl and Pyrenyl; Ar2=Aromatic and Heteroaromatic
NaOH
THF, H
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N
Ar
Ar2=Aromatic and Heteroaromatic
O
2
(110°C and/or microwave-induced method) using conjugated imines. Following this method, a number of 3,3-disubstituted β-lactams were prepared. Dihydrophenanthrenyl imines produced a mixture of cis- and trans-β-lactams at room temperature. However, trans-β-lactams were the major products at high temperature and/or microwave-induced method. Microwave-assisted reactions were able to control the stereochemistry of β-lactam formation reaction. Rapid exposure of heat and radiation by microwave gave trans-β-lactams in some examples. Interestingly, the same reaction without microwave produced cis­isomers. The cis-products failed to undergo isomerization when these were treated with a tertiary base in a microwave at a relatively high temperature. This indicated that synthesis of β-lactams followed two distinct pathways: one is favored at cold–room temperature and the other proceeds at high temperature.
Hydroxy β-lactams were prepared through a mild hydrolysis of the acetate group in the presence of dilute sodium hydroxide solution or hydrogenolysis of the benzyloxy group (Scheme 4.4). However, hydrolysis method under controlled conditions to prepare the hydroxy compound was preferred since this reaction produced products without cleaving the N1–C2 or N1–C4 bonds. The hydroxyl compound was converted to mesylate, tosylate, O-esters, and S-esters. This reaction proceeded well irrespective of the conguration of the ring systems.
Although hydrogenolysis in the presence of Pd/C was able to cleave the N1–C4 bond in certain exam­ples, no bond cleavage in N-multicyclic aromatic systems was observed in many instances. An excess amount of Pd/C in the presence of large amounts of hydrogen donor (ammonium formate, sodium formate, and hydrazine) cleaved the N1–C4 bond producing amides. On this basis as an alternative, hydrogenolysis of the benzyloxy group was also performed for the preparation of the hydroxy β-lactam. Hydrogen gas in the presence of palladium catalyst is used extensively for hydrogenation and hydroge­nolysis. The removal of O-benzyl group was possible by hydrogen and Pd-C (10%).15 However, catalytic transfer hydrogenation or catalytic hydrogenation failed to remove the N-benzyl group connected to the β-lactam ring. Catalytic transfer hydrogenation was a rapid procedure compared to catalytic hydrogena­tion experiment (Scheme 4.5).
A mild acylation method for the esterication of the OH group to a long-chain ester derivative was conducted (Scheme 4.6). Fatty acids (saturated and unsaturated) were converted to acid chloride deriva­tives and reacted with 3-hydroxy β-lactams in the presence of a base to afford the esters. This reaction was successfully conducted with cis- as well as with trans-β-lactams.
Unsaturated acid chlorides were used in the cycloaddition for the preparation of β-lactams with imines obtained from monocyclic and aliphatic amines. Interestingly, an identical reaction of the same acid
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SCHEME 4.5 Preparation of Hydroxy β-Lactams by Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation.
Ar
2
(CH2)nCOCl
CH
+
N
O
Ar
1
3
SCHEME 4.6 Esterication of the Hydroxyl β-Lactams with Long-Chain Fatty Acids.
EtOH
TEA
4
N
O
Ar
n
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C)
2
H
C
3
O
O
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N
Ar
SCHEME 4.7 Attempted Synthesis of Vinyl β-Lactams.
SCHEME 4.8 Attempted Synthesis of Optically Active β-Lactams from Chiral Aldehydes and Polyaromatic Amines.
chloride with imines derived from polyaromatic amines did not produce the β-lactams under a variety of conditions (Scheme 4.7).
Similarly, optically active imines obtained from multicyclic aromatic amines (pyrene, phenanthrene, and chrysene) and chiral aldehydes did not produce β-lactams even in satisfactory yields (Scheme 4.8).
Bis-imines obtained from 3,8-phenanthrene amino compounds on cycloaddition afforded trans-β­lactams in excellent yield at room temperature–high temperature. At ice-cold conditions, a mixture of cis- and trans-products was formed. This reaction indicated that the stereochemistry of the β-lactam ring can be controlled even with multicyclic ring, which is not fully aromatic (Scheme 4.9).
The trans-hydroxy β-lactam was oxidized to the ketone, and it was then reduced to a cis-alcohol. The alcohol was converted to acetate. Thus, the synthesis of trans- as well as cis-hydroxy β-lactam with N-polyaromatic system was available (Scheme 4.10).
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SCHEME 4.9 Synthesis of β-Lactams from Partially Aromatic Multicyclic Compounds.
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2
[O]
N
Ar
O
Ar1=PAH
SCHEME 4.10 Synthesis of cis-Hydroxy and cis-Acetoxy β-Lactams from Polyaromatic Compounds R=p-anisyl, p-toyl, phenyl, benzyl.
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Ar
N
Ph
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4.4.3 Computer-Assisted Mechanism Study β-Lactam Formation Reaction
Computer-assisted mechanism study explained the observed unprecedented stereoselectivity of β-lactam formation reaction.16 It was veried that the zwitterionic intermediate can be formed by either rotation about the N1–C4 bond or nucleophilic attack of (Z)-imine on the sp-hybridized carbon atom of ketene. The corresponding fully optimized saddle points were calculated. In the past, studies were aimed for the preparation of a few trans-β-lactams. But the experimental conditions in these investigations were different than our present method. The mechanism of the β-lactam preparation is discussed in a different chapter in this book.
4.5 Cytotoxicity of β-Lactams
Several of these β-lactams were screened against nine human cancer cell lines in vitro using cisplatin and diamides as controls.4 Structure–activity study revealed that β-lactams containing phenyl, para-anisyl, naphthalene, anthracene, dibenzouorene, uorene, and pyrene-groups at N1 demonstrated no growth inhibitory activity. But the trans-3-acetoxy phenanthrene, trans-3-mesylate phenanthrene, trans-3-ace­toxy dihydrophenanthrene, trans-3-mesylate dihydrophenanthrene, trans-3-acetoxy chrysene, trans­3-mesylate chrysene, and trans-3-amino chrysene β-lactam derivatives demonstrated excellent activity against nine cancer cell lines. 3,3-Disubstituted-4-substituted β-lactams with acetoxy group at C3 also had anticancer activities against these cancer cell lines. Tra n s -phenoxy, methoxy, benzyloxy, or phthalimido compounds were inactive. Therefore, the anticancer activities of these β-lactams were highly specic, and the data identied the antitumor β-lactams with novel structural features. The β-lactam with trans- acetoxy chrysene had activity in vivo against ovarian (SKOV-3) and colon cancer (HT-29) cell lines. This in vitro cytotoxicity data indicated that the mesylate compounds are more potent than the acetoxy com­pounds. Data for a few selected compounds are given here as IC50 values (µM). Assays were conducted using 72-h continuous exposure to the compound; relative cell growth was determined using the MTT method. The nal concentration of solvent was <0.625%, which is not toxic to the cells.17 All dilutions were made in RPMI 1640 with 10% FBS. There was no problem of solubility under these conditions.
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In vitro cytotoxicity of β-lactams on human tumor cell lines (µM): Trans-3-acetoxy-4-aryl β -lactams with N-phenanthrene and N-chrysenyl system demonstrated an average IC50 of 5–10 µM with respect to clinically active medicine cisplatin (IC50 1–7 µM) against a number of cancer cell lines in vitro. Aromatic and heteroaromatic groups at C4 position of the ring demonstrated anticancer activity. In general, BRO (melanoma), MCF-7 (breast), OVCAR-3 (ovarian), SKOV-3 (ovarian), PC-3 (prostate), HL-60 (leukemia), A549 (non-small cell carcinoma of the lung), K-562 (leukemia), and HT-29 (colon) were used in this investigation. However, similar compounds with methoxy, phenoxy, benzyloxy, and phthalimido group at the C3 had no anticancer activity.
4.6 Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams
4.6.1 Asymmetric Synthesis by Glycosylation of the Hydroxy β-Lactams
A few specically oriented glycals on reaction with alcohol and an acidic catalyst form 2,3-unsaturated glycosides through Ferrier rearrangement.18 Different types of Bronsted and Lewis acids are employed for this reaction. This method may produce a mixture of products depending upon the conditions of the experiments and nature of the reactants. The reaction of tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal with a glycolic acid ester was conducted using BF3.Et2O as the promoter, and both anomeric products were obtained.19 Iodine­catalyzed reactions were conducted with alcohols.20 The reaction of tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal with the gly­colic ester and iodine produced exclusively a glycoside. Hydrogenation21 was conducted to determine the conguration of the anomeric bond. The coupling constant of the anomeric proton indicated an axial bond.20 This procedure was applied in the chemistry of β-lactam.
Iodine-catalyzed glycosylation was performed with chiral 3-hydroxy β-lactam and a glycal derived from glucose. A single glycoside was formed. The reaction of the acetylated compound containing β-lactam with sodium methoxide produced the dihydroxy molecule in good yields (Scheme 4.11).
To identify the conguration of the anomeric center, the coupling constant of the unsaturated glyco­sides was investigated. However, this data was not helpful as the carbohydrate system in this structure has a twisted-chair conformation. On the other hand, to identify the conguration of the anomeric proton in a saturated carbohydrate system was easy. Therefore, a saturated compound was used for this purpose. The unsaturated glycoside was hydrogenated by transfer hydrogenation method with ammonium formate and Pd/C.15 A few hydrogen donors (hydrazine, formic acid, sodium formate, and cyclohexane) with Pd/C gave the products. But ammonium formate was selected as the best hydrogen donor. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) data of the saturated glycoside indicated a small coupling constant data (2.0 Hz) for the anomeric proton, and therefore, an axial glycosidic bond was proven. For an equatorial glycosidic bond, a higher coupling constant of the anomeric proton was expected.
The glycosylation process was conducted with other hydroxy β-lactams that have multiple chiral cen­ters. A reaction with a compound that has a ketal group produced products with good yield. But the reaction with a compound with double ketal groups gave low yield (Scheme 4.12). Iodine was not able to break the ketal group in these examples.
Two enantiomers of β -lactams were prepared following this method. Thus, glycosylation of racemic cis-3-hydroxy-4-phenyl-2-azetidinone was conducted, and two diastereomers were obtained in 55:45 ratios (Scheme 4.13). The conguration of the two hydrogens at the C3 and C4 centers of these two dia­stereomers was opposite to each other.
The alkene group was removed by hydrogenation, and this experiment conrmed the conguration of the products (Scheme 4.9). The NMR data of the anomeric hydrogen showed a small coupling constant (about 1.0 Hz) in the saturated glycosides indicating an axial glycosidic bond.
The diastereomers were separated by column chromatography. A treatment of these diastereomers with aqueous dilute acid or bismuth nitrate solution was able to remove the sugar part. The glycosidic bond was not stable even in the presence of a mild acid. Under this condition, the β-lactam ring remained intact. The hydroxy β-lactams were converted to acetates following a standard method (Scheme 4.14).
The reaction of racemic hydroxy β-lactam with a glycal derived from arabinose sugar in the pres­ence of catalytic amounts of iodine produced two diastereomers in almost equal proportions. After the
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OAc
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O
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SCHEME 4.11 Glycosylation of Chiral β-Lactams.
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O
O
H H
N
O
H
separation by column chromatography, the individual glycosides on hydrogenation produced amides through the cleavage of the ring. A partial deacetoxylation was also observed. The scission of the β-lactam ring under reductive conditions was reported by Ojima et al. and our group. It was interesting to note the results of the catalytic transfer hydrogenation experiments as described here. The steric crowd­ing of the glycosides with arabinose was less compared to the glycosides with glucose. This reaction was able to cleave the N1–C4 bond with C4-aryl β-lactam and deacetoxylate one of the acetates of the sugar units. The sterically congested aryl group and a nonaromatic group at the C4 position of the β-lactam ring inhibited cleavage (Scheme 4.15).
To explore other glycals, rhamnal acetate was allowed to react with the hydroxy β-lactam. Following an identical route, two diastereomeric compounds were produced with an identical axial conguration at the anomeric bond (Scheme 4.16). These series of reactions with different glycals produced glycosides with axial linkages indicating a common mechanism. Perhaps, the cyclic nature of the β-lactam ring was responsible for attacking the unsaturated sugar of different structures from a specic side only. The pres­ence of an acetoxy and methyl group with different orientations at the C5 position as well as unsubstituted C5 sugar derivative produced products with an identical conguration.
An aqueous hydrochloric acid was able to convert the two diastereomers into optically active 3-hydroxy­2-azetidinones. The cleavage of the anomeric bond was also conducted with an aqueous bismuth nitrate solution.23 The 3-hydroxy β-lactam was used to synthesize acetoxy compounds with acetic anhydride and pyridine (Scheme 4.17). These compounds are designated as the side chain of Taxol and Taxotere.
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OAc
O
OAc
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OCH
OAc
O
O
O
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O
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3
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OAc
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O
O
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O
O
H
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O
O
H H
O
O
H
HCOONH
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EtOH
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O
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O
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+
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OAc
OCH
OAc
I
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O
H H
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OCH
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SCHEME 4.12 Glycosylation of Chiral Hydroxy β -Lactams R=p-anisyl, phenyl, p-tolyl and benzyl.
The trans-β-lactam was prepared from cis-hydroxy β-lactam through tosylation and inversion meth­ods (Scheme 4.18). Direct displacement of the hydroxyl group was not possible. The intermediate tosylate produced acetate with inversion of stereochemistry through a backside attack.
To extend the scope of this method, a few other glycals were also examined. The reaction of 3,4,5-tri­O-acetyl D-galactal with β-lactam alcohol did not go through. Moreover, tri-O-benzyl D-glucose failed to yield the desired products. These experiments indicated that the nature of the glycal is crucial for an efcient reaction (1). The protecting group and stereochemistry in the sugars inuenced iodine-catalyzed glycosylation reaction.
The iodine-catalyzed glycosylation method was conducted with a diol connected with a β-lactam sys­tem. Only the primary alcohol reacted with sugar in the presence of the secondary, and the desired prod­uct was formed. This observation was conrmed by an oxidation experiment of the product to a ketone.
The glycosylation as described above was successfully performed with a β-lactam that has a hydroxy­ethyl side chain at the C3 position of the ring (Scheme 4.20). This type of side chain is present in thienamycin and carbapenem antibiotics. A reaction of cis-3-(1 -hydr oxyet hyl)- 4-phe nyl-N -p-an isyl- 2
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HO
AcO
AcO
Ph
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HH
O
Ph
+
N
R
OAc
OAc
O
THF
I
,
2
OAc
AcO
OAc
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O
O
H
O
O
O
O
,
2
EtOH
Pd-C
HH
N
HH
N
O
NH
EtOH
or
2 2
O
4
OH OH
,
O
O
Pd-C
HH
HH
O
O
Ph
N
R
N
R
OAc
Ph
+
R
HCO
2
CH CH
AcO
Ph
R
SCHEME 4.13 Synthesis of Optically Active Glycosides.
azetidinone using D-glucal in the presence of Bi(OTf)3 afforded two products. These were separated, and individual isomers were obtained. During this investigation, bismuth nitrate was also found to be an excellent promoter for this type of glycosylation.
The above glycosylation method was not successful when hydroxy compounds obtained from polyaro­matic systems were used as substrates. Therefore, alternative methods to obtain sugar-containing β-lactam structures were necessary to study their anticancer affects, and these were achieved by differ­ent methods (below).
4.6.1.1 Mechanism of the Glycosylation Reaction
The mechanism of Ferrier rearrangement was investigated, and a rationale was established. The princi­pal pathway followed an allylic isomerization process of the unsaturated sugar glycal to a 2,3-didehydro intermediate (Scheme 4.21). To establish the mechanism of this reaction, NMR studies were conducted. The glycosylation was accelerated when a higher concentration of catalyst was used. A few reactions with different amounts of the catalysts were performed to know the optimum amount of promoter required for this reaction. An increase of the reaction time with an acidic catalyst reduced the yield of the products considering that the glycosidic bond is not stable under acidic conditions. The reaction failed to produce product in the absence of a catalyst, iodine. The titration of the reaction mixture showed no consump­tion because of iodine due to this reaction. The 13CNMR showed all the peaks for the desired product and the starting materials: glycal and the hydroxy compound. The corresponding peaks of the iodinated intermediates or iodinated products were not located. Thus, the intermediates probably were spontane­ously converted into the product. It must be stated that the reaction of glycal with alcohol in the pres­ence of N-iodosuccinimide or iodonium dicollidinium perchlorate gave a deoxy-2-beta-iodo-3-glycoside.