Abstract
The first stereospecific total synthesis of the pro-resolving and tissue-regenerative Maresin sulfido-conjugates: 13R,14S-MCTR1, 13R,14S-MCTR2 and 13R,14S-MCTR3, derived from docosahexaenoic acid, has been achieved. The key intermediate 13S,14S-epoxy-Maresin methyl ester was synthesized using a chiral pool strategy starting from 2-deoxy-d-ribose. Wittig reactions, selective epoxide formation and epoxide opening with glutathione, l-cysteinylglycine and l-cysteine methyl ester hydrochloride respectively, were the key steps in the synthesis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3936-3940 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 30 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry