Geldanamycin, an ansamycin benzoquinone natural product is the first small
molecule identified as a competitive inhibitor of the heat shock protein HSP90,
which is overexpressed in many tumor cells. Therefore Geldanamycin and its
analogues have attracted considerable attention in cancer therapy. A highly
convergent synthetic approach to the 19-membered macrolactam scaffold of
Geldanamycin has been developed in this work. After the synthesis of the
western and the eastern fragment an SmI2-mediated Reformatsky-type aldol
reaction and a subsequent dehydration have been successfully performed to
build up the complex ansa chain. After further modifications the direct
precursors of Geldanamycin and its 7-epimer have been synthesized starting
from the sugar D-mannitol in 32 steps over the longest linear synthetic route.
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Geldanamycin, an ansamycin benzoquinone natural product is the first small
molecule identified as a competitive inhibitor of the heat shock protein HSP90,
which is overexpressed in many tumor cells. Therefore Geldanamycin and its
analogues have attracted considerable attention in cancer therapy. A highly
convergent synthetic approach to the 19-membered macrolactam scaffold of
Geldanamycin has been developed in this work. After the synthesis of the
western and the eastern fragment an...
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