Bianchi DA, Sutich EG, Kaufman TS. Synthesis and antibiotic activity of the tricyclic furo[3,2-c] isochromen-2-trione unit of the pyranonaphthoquinones.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2004;
14:757-60. [PMID:
14741284 DOI:
10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.11.015]
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Abstract
The elaboration and biological activity of 15, containing the proposed pharmacophore for the antibiotic activity of the pyranonaphthoquinones, are reported. The synthetic strategy involved acid-catalyzed lactonization of mandelate 17 for isochroman ring formation, in combination with a Wittig-oxa-Michael functionalization of isochroman-3-ol derivative 20, a lactonization involving configurational inversion of a benzylic alcohol and a final AgO oxidation. Compound 15 showed activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis with MIC of 64 and 32 microg/mL, respectively.
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