Antineoplastic agents. 590. X-ray crystal structure of dolastatin 16 and syntheses of the dolamethylleuine and dolaphenvaline units

George Pettit, Thomas H. Smith, Jun-Ping Xu, Delbert L. Herald, Erik J. Flahive, Collin R. Anderson, Paul E. Belcher, John C. Knight

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Abstract

Three advances necessary to bring dolastatin 16 (1) into full-scale preclinical development as an anticancer drug have been accomplished. The X-ray crystal structure of dolastatin 16 has been solved, which allowed stereoselective syntheses of its two new amino acid units, dolamethylleuine (Dml) and dolaphenvaline (Dpv), to be completed. The X-ray crystal structures of synthetic Z-Dml and TFA-Dpv have also been completed. (Chemical Equation Presented).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1003-1008
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume74
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 27 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Organic Chemistry

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