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  2. Synthesis of clionamine B, an autophagy stimulating aminosteroid isolated from the sponge Cliona celata

Synthesis of clionamine B, an autophagy stimulating aminosteroid isolated from the sponge Cliona celata

  • Org Lett. 2013 Aug 2;15(15):3918-21. doi: 10.1021/ol4016783.
Roberto Forestieri 1 Elizabeth Donohue Aruna Balgi Michel Roberge Raymond J Andersen
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  • 1 Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, V6T 1Z1.
Abstract

Clionamine B (2), an aminosteroid isolated from the marine Sponge Cliona celata, has been synthesized starting from the plant sapogenin tigogenin (5). A key step in the synsthesis is the stereoselective introduction of the C-20 α-hydroxyl substituent via oxidation of a γ-lactone enolate with molecular oxygen. Synthetic clionamine B (2) strongly stimulated Autophagy in human breast Cancer MCF-7 cells.

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