A stereo-controlled synthesis of 2,4-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-16- phenylhexadecanoic acid 1,4-lactone and its PPAR activities

Jaeyoung Ko, Hoosang Hwang, Jungwook Chin, Dongyup Hahn, Jaehwan Lee, Inho Yang, Kyoungjin Shin, Jungyeob Ham, Heonjoong Kang

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Abstract

A novel class of natural PPAR agonists, 2,4-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-16- phenylhexadecanoic acid 1,4-lactone (1), were discovered in marine natural product libraries. The synthesis of 1 was accomplished starting from vinylmethyl ketone. Ring formation of the α,γ dialkyl γ-lactone was achieved via the stereo-controlled reaction of a ketyl radical anion with a chiral methacrylate. In the PPAR agonistic assay, the most potent of the four stereoisomers had EC50 values of 12 μM for mPPARα, 9 μM for mPPARδ and >100 μM for mPPARγ.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6017-6019
Number of pages3
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume20
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Marine agonist
  • Nuclear receptor
  • PPAR α/δ dual agonist

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