Efforts to prepare naturally occurring molecules of biological importance are extremely valuable to health sciences in the United States. Firstly, these efforts provide an exceptional training ground for scientist who will develop the next generation of important drugs. Second, these efforts always provide a unique means of accessing structure activity relationship data for the natural products themselves and compounds in similar structural classes. Thirdly, these efforts always result in the development of new strategies and chemistry that can be used for the synthesis of complex molecules. This proposal describes three such synthetic efforts. The most mature is directed toward a class of squalene synthase inhibitors known as the phomoidrides. Efforts in this area have spawned new chemistry in the field of aryl oxidation; further developments in this area are proposed along with a second synthetic effort directed toward ryanodol, an important calcium channel blocker. Finally, a fruitful collaborative effort looking at the biology of alpha, beta-epoxy ketone-containing natural products is described that is destined to provide important biological information about molecules in the sorbicillin class.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01CA093591-03
Application #
6755957
Study Section
Medicinal Chemistry Study Section (MCHA)
Program Officer
Lees, Robert G
Project Start
2002-07-17
Project End
2007-06-30
Budget Start
2004-07-01
Budget End
2005-06-30
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$330,947
Indirect Cost
Name
Yale University
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
043207562
City
New Haven
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06520
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