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  • Synthesis of Homoverrucosan...
    Schäfer, Andreas; Köhler, Sebastian C; Lohe, Markus; Wiese, Michael; Hiersemann, Martin

    Journal of organic chemistry, 10/2017, Volume: 82, Issue: 19
    Journal Article

    The synthesis of the A–B-cis,B–C-trans-annulated cyclohepta­e­hydrindane core of a gagunin E analogue is reported in detail. The tricarbocyclic scaffold was assembled starting from an easily accessible A ring building block by a (4 + 2)-cycloaddition for annulation of the B ring. A ring-closing metathesis served for construction of the seven-membered C ring. The angular methyl groups were attached by electrophilic cyclopropanation–ring opening. A library based on the most active lead compound was made accessible by esterification of the terpenols with commercially available acids. A transannular etherification reaction gave access to tetracyclic derivatives of the synthetic inhibitors. The members of the compound library of non-natural homoverrucosanoid-derived esters were examined as modulators of the membrane transporter proteins ABCB1 (P-gp), ABCG2 (BCRP), and ABCC1 (MRP1), which are involved in the formation of multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer chemotherapy.