The first total synthesis of breitfussin A and B is described. The approach features two palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings installing the indole and pyrrole onto the oxazole core and selective lithiation/iodination of a common indole–oxazole fragment providing 2,4-diiodinated or 2-iodinated oxazoles as potential precursors for breitfussin A and B, respectively. An unexpected acid promoted deiodination ...

<b><p>Purpose</b> Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common glioma and standard therapies can only slightly prolong the survival. Neo-vascularization is a potential target to image tumor microenvironment, as it defines its brain invasion. We investigate [¹⁸F]rhPSMA-7.3 with PET/MRI for quantitative imaging of neo-vascularization in GBM bearing mice and human tumor tissue and compare ...

The Breitfussins are a series of closely related heterocyclic compounds originated from the marine organism Thelia Breitfussi. The core is a 5(indol-3-yl)-2-(pyrrol-2-yl)oxazole, which has not been observed prior to its isolation in 2007. The divergence of the Breitfussins lies in the halogenation pattern and methoxy substitution. Breitfussin A is of synthetic interest because of its novel structural ...

Phorbazoles are polychlorinated heterocyclic secondary metabolites isolated from a marine sponge and several of these natural products have shown inhibitory activity against cancer cells. In this work, a synthesis of the trichlorinated phorbazole B using late stage electrophilic chlorination was developed. The synthesis relied on the use of an oxazole precursor, which was protected with an iodine ...