1H NMR spectra were measured at 300 MHz. 1H chemical shifts are reported with CHCl3 (7.27 ppm), DHO (4.79 ppm) and CD3OH (3.34 ppm) as internal standards. Final products were purified by HPLC on a C18 reverse phase semi-preparative column with solvent A (0.1% of TFA in water) and solvent B (0.1% of TFA in CH3CN) as eluents and the purity of the final products was checked by analytical HPLC using the C18 reverse phase column to be over >95% purity.
tert-butyl ((5S,8S,10aR)-8-(benzhydrylcarbamoyl)-3-(3-methylbutanoyl)-6-oxodecahydropyrrolo[1,2-a] [1,5]diazocin-5-yl)carbamate (8). Isovaleryl chloride (0.2 mL) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.4 mL) were added to a solution of 6 (340 mg, 1 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (20 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 h then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give an amide. 2N LiOH solution (2.0 mL) was added to a solution of this amide in 1,4-dioxane (3.0 mL). After TLC showed all of the amide had been consumed, the mixture was neutralized with 1N HCl to pH 5 and then extracted with EtOAc (3 × 10 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated to give the acid 7 (340 mg, 82% over two steps), which was used directly, without purification, in the next step. To a solution of 7 (105 mg, 0.25 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (10 mL) was added aminodiphenylmethane (55 mg, 0.3 mmol), EDC (58 mg, 0.3 mmol), HOBt (45 mg, 0.33 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.5 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give 8 (120 mg, 82%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.70 (brd, J = 7.0 Hz, 1H), 7.35–7.16 (m, 10H), 6.25 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 5.90 (brd, J = 7.0 Hz, 1H), 4.70 (m, 1H), 4.45 (m, 1H), 4.08–3.70 (m, 3H), 2.80–2.50 (m, 3H), 2.42 (m, 1H), 2.30–1.50 (m, 7H), 1.47 (brs, 9H), 1.02 (m, 6H); ESI MS:m/z 577.3 (M + H)+.
(5S,8S,10aR)-N-benzhydryl-5-((S)-2-(methylamino)propanamido)-3-(3-methylbutanoyl)-6-oxodeca-hydropyrrolo[1,2-a][1,5]diazocine-8-carboxamide (2). HCl (4N in 1,4-dioxane, 1 mL) was added to a solution of 8 (58 mg, 0.1 mmol) in MeOH (10 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated to give an ammonium salt. To a mixture of this salt in CH2Cl2 (10 mL) was added L-N-Boc-N-methyl-alanine (30 mg, 0.15 mmol), EDC (29 mg, 0.15 mmol), HOBt (22 mg, 0.16 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.3 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to furnish an amide. To a solution of this amide in 5 mL of MeOH was added HCl solution (4N in 1,4-dioxane, 1 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated to give crude product which was purified by HPLC to give pure compound 2 (salt with TFA, 48 mg, 74% over three steps). The gradient ran from 70% A and 30% B to 50% A and 50% B in 30 min. The purity was determined by reverse analytical HPLC to be over 95%. 1H NMR (CD3OD, 300 M Hz): δ 8.97 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.38–7.25 (m, 10H), 6.16 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 4.80 (m, 1H), 4.58 (m, 1H), 4.25 (m, 1H), 3.96 (m, 3H), 3.47 (m, 1H), 2.72 (s, 3H), 2.49 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.37–2.32 (m, 1H), 2.15–2.00 (m, 6H), 1.84–1.80 (m, 1H), 1.56 (d, J = 5.4 Hz, 3H), 1.00 (d, J = 6.0 Hz, 6H), ESI-MS m/z 562.3 (M + H)+.
(5S,8S,10aR)-5-((S)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-(methylamino)propanamido)-N-benzhydryl-3-(3-methylbutanoyl)-6-oxodecahydropyrrolo[1,2-a][1,5]diazocine-8-carboxamide (3). HCl (4N in 1,4-dioxane, 1 mL) was added to a solution of 8 (58 mg, 0.1 mmol) in MeOH (10 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated to give an ammonium salt. To a mixture of this salt in 10 mL of CH2Cl2 was added L-Nα-Boc-Nα-methyl-tryptophan (48 mg, 0.15 mmol), EDC (30 mg, 0.15 mmol), HOBt (22 mg, 0.16 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.3 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to furnish an amide. To a solution of this amide in 5 mL of MeOH was added HCl (4N in 1,4-dioxane. 1 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated to give crude product which was purified by HPLC to give 3 (salt with TFA, 49 mg, 63% over three steps). The gradient ran from 70% A and 30% B to 40% A and 60% B in 30 min. The purity was determined by reverse analytical HPLC to be >95%. 1H NMR (CD3OD, 300 M Hz): δ 8.88 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.33–7.08 (m,13H), 6.95 (m, 2H), 6.10 (m, 1H), 4.40 (m, 1H), 4.34 (m, 1H), 4.27(m, 1H), 4.23 (m, 1H), 3.97 (m, 2H), 3.83 (m, 2H), 3.44 (m, 1H), 3.10 (m, 2H), 2.73 (2S, 3H), 2.52 (m, 2H), 2.36 (m, 1H), 2.18–1.72 (m, 6H), 1.00 (m, 6H), ESI-MS m/z 677.4 (M + H)+.
tert-butyl methyl((S)-1-(((5S,8S,10aR)-3-(3-methylbutanoyl)-6-oxo-8-(((R)-1-phenylprop-2-yn-1-yl) carbamoyl)decahydropyrrolo[1,2-a][1,5]diazocin-5-yl)amino)-1-oxopropan-2-yl)carbamate (10). S-1-phenylprop-2-yn-1-amine (79 mg, 0.6 mmol), EDC (116 mg, 0.6 mmol), HOBt (80 mg, 0.6 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1 mL) were added to a solution of 7 (205 mg, 0.5 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (15 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give an amide. To a solution of this amide in MeOH (15 mL) was added HCl solution (4N in 1,4-dioxane, 2 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated to give an ammonium salt. To a mixture of this salt in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) was added L-N-Boc-N-methyl-alanine (124 mg, 0.6 mmol), EDC (120 mg, 0.6 mmol), HOBt (83 mg, 0.6 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give 11 (210 mg, 69% over three steps). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3, TMS) δ 7.58 (m, 1H), 7.54–7.49 (m, 2H), 7.36–7.20 (m, 4H), 5.95 (dd, J = 8.5, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 4.70 (m, 1H), 4.60–4.45 (m, 2H), 3.95 (m, 1H), 3.92–3.80 (m, 2H), 2.79 (s, 3H), 2.70–2.35 (m, 5H), 2.35–1.75 (m, 7H), 1.50 (brs, 9H), 1.33 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 3H), 1.05–0.95 (m, 6H); ESI MS m/z 610.3 (M+H)+.
(5S,8S,10aR)-5-((S)-2-(methylamino)propanamido)-3-(3-methylbutanoyl)-6-oxo-N-((S)-(1-(10-(6-(5-((3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl)pentanamido)hexanamido)decyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)(phenyl)methyl)decahydropyrrolo[1,2-a][1,5]diazocine-8-carboxamide (4). Z-6-aminohexanoic acid (790 mg, 3 mmol), EDC (590 mg, 3 mmol), HOBt (395 mg, 3 mmol) and triethylamine (2 mL) were added to a solution of 10-amino-1-decanol (9, 520 mg, 3 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (15 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to furnish an amide. Methanesulfonyl chloride (0.3 mL) and triethylamine (1 mL) in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) were added to a solution of this amide at 0°C. The solution was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to yield a mesylate. Sodium azide (200 mg) was added to a solution of this mesylate in DMF (10 mL) and the mixture was stirred at 110°C overnight and then partitioned between EtOAc (50 mL) and brine (30 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to provide 10 (650 mg, 49% over three steps). CuSO4 (25 mg, 0.1 mmol) and sodium L-ascorbate (100 mg, 0.5 mmol) in water (5 mL) were added to a solution of 10 (122 mg, 0.2 mmol) and 9 (90 mg, 0.2 mmol) in acetonitrile (3 mL) and tert-butanol (3 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and then partitioned between EtOAc (30 mL) and brine (20 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give a triazole which, mixed with 10% Pd-C (100 mg) in MeOH (20 mL), was stirred under H2 overnight and then filtered through celite. The filtration was concentrated to yield an amine. To a solution of this amine in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) was added (+)-biotin N-hydroxy-succinimide ester (78 mg, 0.2 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.5 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated to give a residue which was purified by chromatography to afford a biotinylated amide. To a solution of this amide in MeOH (10 mL) was added HCl solution (4N in 1,4-dioxane, 2 mL). The mixture was stirred overnight and then concentrated to furnish a crude product which was purified by a semi-preparative HPLC using a reverse phase C18 column to give pure compound 4 (salt with TFA, 98 mg, 43% over four steps). The gradient ran from 70% of A and 30% of B to 40% of A and 60% of B in 30 min. The purity of the compound was determined by an analytical HPLC using a reverse phase C18 column to be over 95%. 1H NMR (D2O): δ 7.70 (brs, 1H), 7.35–7.05 (m, 5H), 6.05 (brs, 1H), 4.70 (m, 1H), 4.50–4.30 (m, 2H), 4.30–4.05 (m, 3H), 4.05–3.60 (m, 2H), 3.60–2.80 (m, 5H), 2.80–2.50 (m, 6H),2.40–1.05 (m, 44H), 0.80 (m, 6H); ESI MS: m/z 1047.6 (M + H)+.
2-(6-hydroxy-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-((10-(4-((S)-((5S,8S,10aR)-5-((S)-2-(methylamino)prop-anamido)-3-(3-methylbutanoyl)-6-oxodecahydropyrrolo[1,2-a][1,5]diazocine-8-carboxamido)(phenyl) methyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)decyl)carbamoyl)benzoic acid (5). Benzyl chloroformate (0.5 mL) and triethylamine (2 mL) were added to a solution of 10-amino-1-decanol (10, 520 mg, 3 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (15 mL) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to furnish a carbamate. Methanesulfonyl chloride (0.5 mL) was added dropwise at 0°C to a solution of this carbamate in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) with triethylamine (1 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to yield a mesylate. Sodium azide (300 mg) was added to a solution of this mesylate in DMF (10 mL). The mixture was stirred at 110°C overnight and then partitioned between EtOAc (50 mL) and brine (30 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to provide 12 (650 mg, 66% over three steps.) A mixture of CuSO4 (25 mg, 0.1 mmol) and sodium L-ascorbate (100 mg, 0.5 mmol) in water (5 mL) was added to a solution of 11 (122 mg, 0.2 mmol) and 12 (66 mg, 0.2 mmol) in acetonitrile (3 mL) and tert-butanol (3 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and then partitioned between EtOAc (30 mL) and brine (20 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give a triazole. A mixture of this triazole and 100 mg of 10% Pd-C in MeOH (20 mL) was stirred under H2 overnight and then filtered through celite. The filtration was concentrated to yield an amine. To a solution of this amine in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) was added 5-carboxyfluorescein N-succinimidyl ester (95 mg, 0.2 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.5 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature overnight and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography to afford a biotinylated amide. To a solution of this amide in MeOH (10 mL) was added HCl (4N in 1,4-dioxane, 2 mL). The mixture was stirred overnight and then concentrated to furnish a crude product which was purified by semi-preparative HPLC using a reverse phase C18 column to give compound 5 (salt with TFA, 72 mg, 34% over four steps). The gradient ran from 70% of A and 30% of B to 40% of A and 60% of B in 30 min. The purity of the compound was determined by analytical HPLC using a reverse phase C18 column to be over 95%. 1H NMR (CD3OD, 300 MHz): δ 8.48 (s, 1H), 8.22 (m, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 7.50–7.20 (m, 5H), 6.75 (brs, 2H), 6.70–6.50 (m, 4H), 6.30 (brs, 1H), 4.70 (m, 1H), 4.65–4.50(m, 2H), 4.40–4.30 (m, 2H), 4.30–4.15 (m, 2H), 4.05–3.80 (m, 3H), 3.50–3.40 (m, 2H), 2.70 (brs, 3H), 2.52–2.01 (m, 7H), 2.01–1.60 (m, 7H), 1.60–1.50 (m, 3H), 1.50–1.20 (m, 11H), 0.95 (m, 6H); ESI MS: m/z 1066.5 (M + H)+.
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