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Preparation of Stable Bicyclic Aziridinium Ions and Their Ring-Opening for the Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Published on: August 22, 2018
Novel azalides derived from sixteen-membered macrolides
Tomoaki Miura1, Satomi Natsume, Kenichi Kanemoto
1Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Yokohama, Japan.
Abstract:
The design and synthesis of novel 15-membered 11-azalides and 16-membered 11,12-diazalide starting from 16-membered macrolides are reported. A mobile linear dialdehyde was isolated via a cyclic tetraol which was prepared by osmium oxidation of a conjugated diene. One-pot macrocyclization of this dialdehyde with an amine or a diamine afforded corresponding 15-membered azalides or 11,12-diazalide. Fundamental SAR studies of 15-membered 11-azalides disclosed their potentiality as a lead molecule for further chemical modifications. For environmental preservation, sustainable chemistry for synthesis of these azalides is also discussed.
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