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Synthesis of haptens for the marine toxin, gymnodimine; synthesis of beta-lactone fused carbocycles and nitrogen heterocycles; efforts toward the synthesis of the proposed structure of thiolyngbyan
Contamination of seafood by marine toxins has been a consistent public health problem. Gymnodimine (GYM) is a member of a family of spirocyclic imine containing marine natural products which was shown to be highly toxic (LD50 96 mg/kg, intraperitoneal injection); thus ensuring public safety requires stringent monitoring of gymnodimine. Current detection methods for GYM and spirolides include the mouse bioassay and LC-MS-based detection techniques which, however, have significant limitations. Therefore, more efficient and convenient detection methods are required. Building on our recently completed total synthesis of (-)-gymnodimine, the synthesis of two haptens were targeted for eventual production of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to be used in an eventual Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for gymnodimine. As an extension of the intramolecular nucleophilic catalyzed aldol lactonization (NCAL) process from aldehyde acid to keto acid substrates, carbocyclic and nitrogen heterocyclic B-lactones were synthesized. Demonstration of the utility of the NCAL process for keto acids was applied to the synthesis of dihydroplakevulin A and the core of tussilagine. In addition, although initial attempts to develop guanidine catalysts for the asymmetric NCAL process were unsuccessful, homobenzotetramisole (HBTM) was found to be a suitable asymmetric catalyst for keto acid substrates. Finally, synthetic studies toward the proposed structure of thiolyngbyan are described. Thiolyngbyan was isolated from a blue-green algae and it exhibited antifungal activity.
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Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7768