The first syntheses of bioactive cryptophycins functionalized at unit D were accomplished in a one-pot Staudinger reduction/cyclization step. An azido precursor for the lower part of the backbone was introduced to minimize protective group chemistry and enable a very convenient synthesis of cryptophycin-52 and unit D cryptophycin analogues containing an ester or a free carboxylic acid for bioconjugations. Both new cryptophycin derivatives show high biological activity in cytotoxicity assays.
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