The First Total Synthesis of (±)-Terpestacin, HIV Syncytium Formation Inhibitor
✍ Scribed by Kuniaki Tatsuta; Naoyuki Masuda; Hidemitsu Nishida
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 600 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
Terpcstacin has beensynthesizedthroughC-alkylation of ~-ketolactone9 widrchain portion12.'rlresctwocompounds werederivedfrom2-cyclopcrrten-l-ylactic acid andE,E-farnesol, tI?sptXtively. 01997 ElsevierScience Ltd. AU rights reserved.
Terpestacin( ) is a bicyclo5-15-fusedsesterterpeneisolatedfromArthriniumsp. metabolizesas a novel syncytium formation inhibitor in HIV infection.1)The absolutestructurehas been determined by chemical studies and X-ray crystallography.2)Independently,the same compoundhas been reported as a phytotoxin from Bipolaris cynodontis.s) The acetate 2 (proliferin)was also isolated as a mycotoxin from Fusarium prol~eratum.a)Previoussyntheticapproachesto tetpestacin(1) are few, althoughan elegant model studyhas beenreportedby Yoshii'sgroup.5)We describeherethe first total synthesisof (+erpestacin (1) whichsolves theproblemof establishingthe properrelativecontlgumtions.
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