H. Onuki et al., ABSOLUTE STRUCTURE AND TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF LIPOGRAMMISTIN-A, A LIPOPHILIC ICHTHYOTOXIN OF THE SOAPFISH, Journal of organic chemistry, 63(12), 1998, pp. 3925-3932
Lipogrammistin-A (Ib) was isolated as an ichthyotoxic and hemolytic co
nstituent of the skin mucus of the grammistid fish Aulacocephalus temm
incki. Its absolute stereochemistry was established by chemical degrad
ation and total synthesis. The stereochemistry of the 2-methylbutyryl
moieties attached to N9 and N15 was determined to be S by HPLC analysi
s of a diastereomeric derivative. The stereochemistry of the remaining
C4 position was elucidated to be S by a total synthesis of the two di
astereomers (4S)- and (4R)-1.