Synfacts 2010(2): 0138-0138  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219036
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Saliniketal B

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
J. Liu, J. K. De Brabander*
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 January 2010 (online)

Significance

Saliniketal B is a metabolite of the marine actinomycete Salinaspora arenicola. It ­inhibits induction of the first enzyme in the poly-amine biosynthesis pathway, ornithine decarboxylase. A noteworthy step is the platinum-catalyzed cycloisomerization (DE) that generated the ­dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane ring system.