Chemistry of the mycalamides: antiviral and antitumour compounds from a New Zealand marine sponge. Part 6.1–3 The synthesis and testing of analogues of the C(7)–C(10) fragment

Abstract

The key structural features associated with the potent cytotoxicity observed in the mycalamide, onnamide, pederin and theopederin series have been defined on the basis of structure–activity studies. A model pharmacophore structure has been proposed and selected examples, with modest bioactivity, synthesized.