Study about the synthesis of autoregulators butyrolactones of the Streptomyces bacteria. / Estudos sobre a síntese de butirolactonas auto-reguladoras de bactérias Streptomyces.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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Streptomycetes are Gram-positive filamentous bacteria well known for the ability to produce a wide variety of secondary metabolites and biologically active substances. These activities are controlled by low-molecular-weight compounds called butyrolactone autoregulators. The greater number of these compounds with autoregulators properties have as common characteristic a 2,3-disubstituted-g-butyrolactone sketeton, but show minor structural differences in the side chain. These molecules, whose structures are shown below, are classified following the types: virginiae butanolides (VB) A-E, Gräfes factors, IM-2 butanolide, I-factor and A-factor. In this work, studies were developed with aim to test a new synthetic pathway to obtain A-factor analogous, which by enantioselective reduction of the carbonyl group of the side chain can be converted into others butyrolactone autoregulators. First of all, the necessary intermediary for the synthesis of the desired compounds was prepared by a transesterification reaction, which was widely studied. After that, an intramolecular cyclization reaction of this intermediary could to produce the A-factor analogous. However, after several attempts employing different reactional conditions, the desired compounds were not obtained. Theoretical calculation was realized as an attempt to explain the experimental results obtained and should possible to conclude this study adequately. Two other two synthetic approaches for the preparation A-factor analogous were developed and tested, but the results were not good enough. Thus, a new study based on a method of intermolecular synthesis of butyrolactones was developed. This new synthetic strategy would allow to obtain the A-factor in only 3 steps: a reaction of oxirane ring opening, followed by an ozonolysis reaction and a selective reduction of an aldehyde group. The different groups present in the epoxides tested showed different effects, which were better understood with the aid of theoretical calculation. The attainment of the desired butyrolactone with 52% yield, a product containing a terminal olefin, confirm the success of this new synthetic strategy. However, up to this moment, the ozonolysis reaction was not giving good results. The difficulty for this step is probably associated with the volatileness, the high solubility in water and/or the degradation of the aldehyde formed, making difficult its isolation. However, as this type of reaction is already reported in the literature employing the reagents K2OsO4, N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMO) and NaIO4 to cleave the terminal double, we have the conviction that our aim could be accomplished with modifications on the reactional conditions and/or of the reagents which are necessary to realize with success this final step.

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streptomyces. butyrolactones butirolactonas síntese orgânica streptomyces. organic synthesis

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