Continuous research on Cephalotaxus plants has ultimately led to the US food and drug administration (FDA) ap-provalof homoharringtonine in 2012 for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Additionally, another imp...Continuous research on Cephalotaxus plants has ultimately led to the US food and drug administration (FDA) ap-provalof homoharringtonine in 2012 for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Additionally, another important class of natural products from Cephalotaxus plants is cephalotane diterpenoids. Since the discovery of the first member, harring-tonolide,in 1978, cephalotane diterpenoids have garnered significant attention from the scientific community due to their re-markableanti-cancer activity. The unique structural features of cephalotane diterpenoids, a 7/6/5/6-fused tetracyclic carbon skeleton and a bridged lactone, make them ideal targets for synthetic chemists. Successfully synthesizing these complex diterpenoids is of great importance for the discovery and development of anti-tumor drugs. To date, ten research groups have completed the total synthesis of 24 cephalotane diterpenoids. The latest progress in the total synthesis of cephalotane diterpe-noidsis reviewed, showcasing the importance of these innovative synthetic strategies in the efficient synthesis of complex natural products and their potential significance in advancing the field of drug discovery.展开更多
A chemical investigation of the 95%EtoH extract of the seeds of Cephalotaxus fortunei var.alpina led to the isolation of nine new cephalotane-type norditerpenoids,ceforalides A-I(1-9),and two known analogues(10 and 11...A chemical investigation of the 95%EtoH extract of the seeds of Cephalotaxus fortunei var.alpina led to the isolation of nine new cephalotane-type norditerpenoids,ceforalides A-I(1-9),and two known analogues(10 and 11).Compounds 1-8 belong to a rare class of A-ring-contracted cephalotane-type norditerpenoids,of which compound 8 incorporates a unique tetrasubstituted 2,5-cyclohexadienone A-ring.Compound 9 is a rare 13,14-seco-17-nor-cephalotane-type diterpenoid.Their structures were determined based on NMR,HRESIMS,ECD,and X-ray diffraction analysis.Biological tests revealed compounds 10 and 11 displayed moderate antimalarial activity.展开更多
A category of highly fused diterpenoid natural products possessing a characteristic perhydropyrene-like or rearranged tetracyclic skeleton structure are distributed in different life forms.Compared to traditional poly...A category of highly fused diterpenoid natural products possessing a characteristic perhydropyrene-like or rearranged tetracyclic skeleton structure are distributed in different life forms.Compared to traditional polycyclic diterpenoids,their biosynthetic pathways are quite unique and diverse.Chemists have pinpointed a range of this type of unusual diterpenoids:cycloamphilectanes and isocycloamphilectanes,kempenes and rippertanes,hydropyrene and hydropyrenol,along with recently disclosed cephalotanes.This review describes developments in this field and discusses the challenges associated with synthesizing this class of highly complex compounds.展开更多
文摘Continuous research on Cephalotaxus plants has ultimately led to the US food and drug administration (FDA) ap-provalof homoharringtonine in 2012 for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Additionally, another important class of natural products from Cephalotaxus plants is cephalotane diterpenoids. Since the discovery of the first member, harring-tonolide,in 1978, cephalotane diterpenoids have garnered significant attention from the scientific community due to their re-markableanti-cancer activity. The unique structural features of cephalotane diterpenoids, a 7/6/5/6-fused tetracyclic carbon skeleton and a bridged lactone, make them ideal targets for synthetic chemists. Successfully synthesizing these complex diterpenoids is of great importance for the discovery and development of anti-tumor drugs. To date, ten research groups have completed the total synthesis of 24 cephalotane diterpenoids. The latest progress in the total synthesis of cephalotane diterpe-noidsis reviewed, showcasing the importance of these innovative synthetic strategies in the efficient synthesis of complex natural products and their potential significance in advancing the field of drug discovery.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81872758,21907099)Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(19YF1457000)。
文摘A chemical investigation of the 95%EtoH extract of the seeds of Cephalotaxus fortunei var.alpina led to the isolation of nine new cephalotane-type norditerpenoids,ceforalides A-I(1-9),and two known analogues(10 and 11).Compounds 1-8 belong to a rare class of A-ring-contracted cephalotane-type norditerpenoids,of which compound 8 incorporates a unique tetrasubstituted 2,5-cyclohexadienone A-ring.Compound 9 is a rare 13,14-seco-17-nor-cephalotane-type diterpenoid.Their structures were determined based on NMR,HRESIMS,ECD,and X-ray diffraction analysis.Biological tests revealed compounds 10 and 11 displayed moderate antimalarial activity.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22471224)。
文摘A category of highly fused diterpenoid natural products possessing a characteristic perhydropyrene-like or rearranged tetracyclic skeleton structure are distributed in different life forms.Compared to traditional polycyclic diterpenoids,their biosynthetic pathways are quite unique and diverse.Chemists have pinpointed a range of this type of unusual diterpenoids:cycloamphilectanes and isocycloamphilectanes,kempenes and rippertanes,hydropyrene and hydropyrenol,along with recently disclosed cephalotanes.This review describes developments in this field and discusses the challenges associated with synthesizing this class of highly complex compounds.
