Azeotropic reflux chromatography: an efficient solution to a difficult separation in the scale-up synthesis of spongistatin 1.

Azeotropic reflux chromatography (in which the eluent is continuously recycled by means of refluxing) was used to separate a mixture of spiroketal intermediates in the scale-up synthesis of spongistatin 1, leading to an improved separation and an approximately 35-fold reduction in the amount of solvent used.

An efficient and practical method for solid-phase synthesis of tripeptide-bearing glycopeptide antibiotics: combinatorial parallel synthesis of carboxamide derivatives of chloroorienticin B.

An efficient and practical method was established for solid-phase parallel synthesis of the peptide-bearing carboxamide derivatives of chloroorienticin B, and over 80 compounds were synthesized simultaneously. Among the derivatives prepared, compounds having both tryptophan and tyrosine residues (1-3) were found to possess potent antibacterial activity against VRE.

Novel semi-synthetic glycopeptide antibiotics active against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE): doubly-modified water-soluble derivatives of chloroorienticin B.

A series of N-alkylated and aminomethylated derivatives of chloroorienticin B, a vancomycin-related glycopeptide antibiotic, were synthesized. Doubly-modified derivatives having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic substituents exhibited potent antibacterial activity against MRSA and VRE along with considerable water-solubility.