Photochemical origin of the immunosuppressive SNF4435C/D and formation of orinocin through "polyene splicing"

Markus Müller, Björn Kusebauch, Guangxin Liang, Christopher M. Beaudry, Dirk Trauner, Christian Hertweck

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented). A splice from life: A photoinduced rearrangement cascade with alternating photochemical and thermal pericyclic steps leads to a novel pyrone compound with chain-contracted polyketide backbone (orinocin (2)). The excision of three propionate units from the polyene precursor, spectinabilin (1), proceeds via the immunosuppressive SNF4435C/D and yields an unusual triketide, mesitylene (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7835-7838
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume45
Issue number46
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 27 2006

Keywords

  • Electrocyclic reactions
  • Natural products
  • Polyenes
  • Polyketides
  • Streptomyces

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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