Varacin
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Preferred IUPAC name 2-(8,9-Dimethoxy-1,2,3,4,5-benzopentathiepin-6-yl)ethan-1-amine | |
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C10H13NO2S5 | |
Molar mass | 339.540 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Varacin is a bicyclic organosulfur compound originally found in marine Ascidiacea from the Polycitor genus.[1] It contains an unusual pentathiepin ring which reacts with DNA, and varacin and synthetic analogues have been investigated for their antimicrobial and antitumour properties.[2][3] Because of its potent biological activity and unusual and challenging ring system, it has been a popular target of efforts toward its total synthesis.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Makarieva TN, Stonik VA, Dmitrenok AS, Grebnev BB, Isakov VV, Rebachyk NM, Rashkes YW (February 1995). "Varacin and three new marine antimicrobial polysulfides from the far-eastern ascidian Polycitor sp". Journal of Natural Products. 58 (2): 254–8. doi:10.1021/np50116a015. PMID 7769392.
- ^ Greer A (October 2001). "On the origin of cytotoxicity of the natural product varacin. A novel example of a pentathiepin reaction that provides evidence for a triatomic sulfur intermediate". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123 (42): 10379–86. doi:10.1021/ja016495p. PMID 11603989.
- ^ Brzostowska EM, Greer A (January 2003). "The role of amine in the mechanism of pentathiepin (polysulfur) antitumor agents". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125 (2): 396–404. doi:10.1021/ja027416s. PMID 12517151.
- ^ Behar V, Danishefsky SJ (1993-07-01). "Total synthesis of the novel benzopentathiepin varacinium trifluoroacetate: the viability of "varacin-free base"". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115 (15): 7017–7018. doi:10.1021/ja00068a087. ISSN 0002-7863.
- ^ Ford PW, Narbut MR, Belli J, Davidson BS (1994-10-01). "Synthesis and Structural Properties of the Benzopentathiepins Varacin and Isolissoclinotoxin A". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59 (20): 5955–5960. doi:10.1021/jo00099a026. ISSN 0022-3263.
- ^ Toste FD, Still IW (1995-07-01). "A New Route to the Synthesis of the Naturally Occurring Benzopentathiepin Varacin". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117 (27): 7261–7262. doi:10.1021/ja00132a033.