Milbemycin derivatives: epoxidation of milbemycins

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1994 Jul;47(7):812-20. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.47.812.

Abstract

Epoxidation reactions (MCPBA epoxidation and Sharpless epoxidation) were examined as a means of chemically modifying milbemycins as part of our program for discovering anthelmintics. 8,9-Epoxy-, 14,15-epoxy-, 8,9-14,15-diepoxy-, and 3,4-8,9-14,15-triepoxymilbemycin A4 were selectively obtained from milbemycin A4 and its derivatives, in which either the C-5 and C-7 hydroxyl groups or C-5 alone were protected as appropriate by a silyl ether (in the former case) or a carbonyl group. Further silylation or epoxidation on these epoxidized compounds indicated that the configuration of each epoxide moiety of the mono- and diepoxides is in accord with that of the corresponding epoxide moiety of the triepoxide. Furthermore, in order to confirm the absolute configurations of these epoxide functionalities, an X-ray analysis of a carbamate derivative from the triepoxymilbemycin was conducted.

MeSH terms

  • Anthelmintics / chemistry*
  • Anthelmintics / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Chlorobenzoates / chemistry
  • Epoxy Compounds / chemistry*
  • Epoxy Compounds / isolation & purification
  • Macrolides
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Chlorobenzoates
  • Epoxy Compounds
  • Macrolides
  • 3-chloroperbenzoic acid
  • moxidectin