The Unexpected Isolation of CTP-431, a Novel Cytotoxic Thiopyrone from the Sponge Cacospongia mycofijiensis

Tyler A. Johnson, Taro Amagata, Allen G Oliver, Karen Tenney, Frederick A Valeriote, Phillip Crews

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Abstract

A reinvestigation of a Fijian collection of Cacospongia mycofijiensis has yielded the known mycothiazole and a novel heterocyclic, CTP-431 (1). Its structure including absolute configuration as 8R,9R,10S,13S was established using NMR data, calculated DFT 13C chemical shifts and results from X-ray crystallography. It is possible that the tricyclic skeleton of CTP-431 (1) is biosynthetically related to the macrolide latrunculin A, however the thiopyrone moiety of 1 has no previous precedent in natural products chemistry.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)7255-7259
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume73
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

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  • Life Sciences

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