Total Synthesis of the Antifungal Clinical Candidate ASP2397 Cyclohexapeptide Facilitated by the Chemo-selective Reduction of Secondary N -Benzyloxyamides

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract ASP2397 is a siderophore-like cyclic hexapeptide with potent and rapid fungicidal activity against Aspergillus species. We report here its first total synthesis, enabled by an unprecedented one-pot chemoselective reduction of secondary N-benzyloxyamides that strictly preserves the fragile N–O bond. This transformation includes an Ir-catalyzed hydrosilylation with Et2SiH2, followed by NaBH3CN reduction of the resulting oxime derivatives in the presence of a carbamate protecting group and ester, providing efficient access to the non-canonical N-acetyl-N-hydroxyornithine (AhOrn) building block. The macrocycle was assembled via a solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) and head-to-tail macrolactamization. A late-stage one-pot debenzylation/chelation protocol successfully furnished the Al3+-chelated ASP2397. The integrity of the synthesized macrocycle was unequivocally confirmed by its targeted antifungal activity, mirroring the natural product and providing the necessary chemical platform for future structure-activity relationship studies.
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Authors Mohamed Osama Ibrahim Mohamed, Yutong Du, Kosuke Ohsawa, Atsushi Tahara, Yoshitaka Shimotai, Hiroshi Hamamoto, A Ganesan, Takayuki Doi
Journal bulletin of the chemical society of japan
Year 2026
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10.1093/bulcsj/uoag124
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