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SUBMITTER: Evans CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3088103 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20110301 9
Spergualin is a natural product that exhibits immunosuppressive, anti-tumor and anti-bacterial activities. Its derivatives, such as 15-deoxyspergualin (15-DSG), have been clinically approved for acute allograft rejection. However, the reported syntheses are cumbersome (>10 steps) and they suffer from low overall yields (∼0.3% to 18%). Moreover, spergualin and its derivatives are chemically unstable and rapidly hydrolyzed in aqueous buffer. Here, we have re-explored these issues and report a modi ...[more]