Shimizu Yutaro, Takahashi Shuhei, Iwata Takumi, Shimooka Hirokazu, Okauchi Tatsuo, Kitamura Mitsuru
Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Sensuicho, Tobata, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan.
J Org Chem. 2025 Jul 4;90(26):9291-9294. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.5c00886. Epub 2025 Jun 18.
A synthetic method for the CDEFG substructure of kosinostatin was developed using the cyclization of the di--nosyl 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyrrolidin-2-imine derivative. The key to the success of this cyclization was the choice of the -nosyloxy (-NsO) group as the leaving group. This selection enabled the cyclization to proceed under mild reaction conditions, leading to the first construction of a kosinostatin-type scaffold. The method was further applied to the synthesis of the ABCDEFG ring of kosinostatin aglycon.