NDLI: Total synthesis of antimicrobial and antitumor cyclic depsipeptides

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Schlecker, Andreas Ma, Dawei Li, Wenhua
Description	Author Affiliation: Li W ( State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.);
Abstract	The total synthesis of natural products “has to be viewed as an art and a science that needs to be advanced for its own sake” (K. C. Nicolaou) and indeed, the achievements within this field of chemistry during the last decades are astonishing. However, besides its inherent beauty, total synthesis also opens the gates widely to a better understanding of biological processes and the development of pharmaceutical interesting substances. Cyclic depsipeptides form one of the compound classes that have attracted tremendous attention from synthetic chemists. They often feature non-proteinogenic amino acids and various types of structural unique building blocks, which make them challenging targets for synthetic efforts. Their total synthesis offers the chance to implement the use of newly developed synthetic tools in a complex environment. Synthetic dead-ends have shown the limitations of today's chemistry as well as triggering the development of new methodologies to circumvent the observed problems. Cyclic depsipeptides also often possess biological properties, especially antimicrobial and antitumor activity, that make them promising candidates for further pharmaceutical investigations and thus have a value at their own. Furthermore, through construction from scratch, ambiguities regarding the structure of several members of that compound class could be successfully clarified and derivatives for structure–activity-relationship (SAR) studies obtained.
ISSN	13597345
Journal	Chemical Communications
Issue Number	30
Volume Number	46
e-ISSN	1364548X
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publisher Date	2010-07-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Anti-Infective Agents Chemical Synthesis Antineoplastic Agents Biological Products Depsipeptides Animals Chemistry Bacteria Porifera Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ceramics and Composites Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films Materials Chemistry Metals and Alloys Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Catalysis

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