Patent Application: US-201414783245-A

Abstract:
the invention provides molecules , which are based on a modification of azithromycin , removing the antibiotic effect , while retaining other beneficial effects , such as , but not limited to immunomodulatory effects . the compounds of the invention can be described by compounds of formula as further defined herein .

Description:
the compounds of the present invention may be in the form of and / or may be administered as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt . for a review on suitable salts see berge et ah , j . pharm . scl , 1977 , 66 , 1 - 19 . typically , a pharmaceutical acceptable salt may be readily prepared by using a desired acid or base as appropriate . the salt may precipitate from solution and be collected by filtration or may be recovered by evaporation of the solvent . for example , an aqueous solution of an acid such as hydrochloric acid may be added to an aqueous suspension of a compound of formula ( i ) and the resulting mixture evaporated to dryness ( lyophilised ) to obtain the acid addition salt as a solid . suitable addition salts are formed from inorganic or organic acids which form non - toxic salts and examples are , but not limited to , hydrochloride , hydrobromide , hydroiodide , sulphate , bisulphate , nitrate , phosphate , hydrogen phosphate , acetate , trifluoroacetate , maleate , malate , fumarate , lactate , tartrate , citrate , formate , gluconate , succinate , pyruvate , oxalate , oxaloacetate , trifluoroacetate , saccharate , benzoate , alkyl or aryl sulfonates ( e . g . methanesulfonate , ethanesulfonate , benzenesulfonate or p - toluenesulfonate ) and isothionate . representative examples include , but are not limited to , trifluoroacetate and formate salts , for example the bis - or tris - trifluoroacetate salts and the mono or diformate salts , in particular the bis - or tris - trifluoroacetate salt and the monoformate salt . the compounds of formula ( i ) may be in crystalline or amorphous form . furthermore , some of the crystalline forms of the compounds of formula ( i ) may exist as polymorphs , which are included in the present invention . organic molecules can form crystals that incorporate water into the crystalline structure without modification of the organic molecule . an organic molecule can exist in different crystalline forms , each different crystalline forms may contain the same number of water molecules pr organic molecule or a different number of water molecules pr organic molecule . in addition , some of the compounds may form solvates with water ( i . e . hydrates ) or common organic solvents , and such solvates are also intended to be encompassed within the scope of this invention . the compounds , including their salts , can also be obtained in the form of their hydrates , or include other solvents used for their crystallization . the compounds of formula ( i ) and formula ( ii ) may be in the form of a prodrug . the term “ prodrug ” as used herein means a compound which is converted within the body , e . g . by hydrolysis in the blood , into its active form that has medical effects . prodrugs are any covalently bonded carriers that release a compound of structure ( i ) in vivo when such prodrug is administered to a patient . prodrugs are generally prepared by modifying functional groups in a way such that the modification is cleaved , either by routine manipulation or in vivo , yielding the parent compound . prodrugs include , for example , compounds of this invention wherein hydroxy , amine or sulfhydryl groups are bonded to any group that , when administered to a patient , cleaves to form the hydroxy , amine or sulfhydryl groups . thus , representative examples of prodrugs include ( but are not limited to ) acetate , formate and benzoate derivatives of one or more of alcohol , sulfhydryl and amine functional groups of the compounds of structure ( i ). further , in the case of a carboxylic acid (— cooh ) group , esters may be employed , such as methyl esters , ethyl esters , and the like . esters may be active in their own right and / or be hydrolysable under in vivo conditions in the human body . suitable pharmaceutically acceptable in vivo hydrolysable ester groups include those which break down readily in the human body to leave the parent acid or its salt . the term alkyl as used herein as a group or a part of a group refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain containing the specified number of carbon atoms . examples of such group include but are not limited to methyl , ethyl , propyl , isopropyl , n - butyl , isobutyl , tert - butyl , pentyl , 3 - methyl - butyl , hexyl and 2 , 3 - dimethylbutyl and like . the term “ alkenyl ”, unless otherwise indicated , may be interpreted similarly to the term “ alkyl ”. alkenyl groups contain at least 1 double bond . suitable alkenyl groups include ethenyl , propenyl , 1 - butenyl , and 2 - butenyl . the term “ alkynyl ”, unless otherwise indicated , may be interpreted similarly to the term “ alkyl ”. alkenyl groups contain at least 1 triple bond . the term “ saturated or unsaturated c 5 - or c 6 - cycloalkyl ”, unless otherwise indicated , denotes cyclic carbon rings comprising 5 or 6 carbon atoms , wherein either a single or double bond between the mutually adjacent carbon atoms exist . suitable saturated or unsaturated c 5 - or c 6 - cycloalkyl groups include cyclopentane , cyclohexane , cyclopentene , cyclohexene , cyclopenta - diene , cyclohhexadiene , and phenyl . the term “ 5 - or 6 - membered heterocyclyl ”, unless otherwise indicated , denotes a heterocyclic compound , such as a carbocyclyl group , phenyl group , or aryl residue , having atoms of at least two different elements as members of its ring . suitable ring atoms in heterocyclic compound may be c , n , s , or o . heterocyclic compounds according to the present invention may contain 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 or even more rings atoms , preferably 5 or 6 ring atoms . the term “ halogen ” comprises fluorine ( f ), chlorine ( cl ), bromine ( br ) and iodine ( i ), more typically cl or br . all possible tautomers of the claimed compounds are included in the present invention . tautomers are isomers of organic compounds that readily interconvert by a chemical reaction called tautomerization . this reaction commonly results in the formal migration of a hydrogen atom or proton , accompanied by a switch of a single bond and adjacent double bond . the compounds of the present invention have several asymmetric centers . compounds with asymmetric centers give rise to enantiomers ( optical isomers ), diastereomers ( configurational isomers ) or both , and it is intended that all of the possible enantiomers and diastereomers in mixtures and as pure or partially purified compounds are included within the scope of this invention . the present invention is meant to encompass all steric forms of the compounds of the invention . the present invention includes all stereoisomers of compounds of formula ( i ). the independent syntheses of the stereomerically enriched compounds , or their chromatographic separations , may be achieved as known in the art by appropriate modification of the methodology disclosed herein . their absolute stereochemistry may be determined by the x - ray crystallography of crystalline products or crystalline intermediates that are derivatized , if necessary , with a reagent containing an asymmetric center of known absolute configuration . if desired , racemic mixtures of the compounds may be separated so that the individual enantiomers or diastereomers are isolated . the separation can be carried out by methods well known in the art , such as the coupling of a racemic mixture of compounds , followed by separation of the individual stereisomers by standard methods , such as fractional crystallization or chromatography . the coupling reaction is often the formation of salts using an enantiomerically pure acid or base . the derivatives may then be converted to the pure stereomers by cleavage of the added chiral residue . the racemic mixture of the compounds can also be separated directly by chromatographic methods using chiral stationary phases , which methods are well known in the art . alternatively , any stereomers of a compound may be obtained by stereoselective synthesis using optically pure starting materials or reagents of known configuration by methods well known in the art . “ treating ” or “ treatment ” of a state , disorder or condition includes : ( i ) preventing or delaying the appearance of clinical symptoms of the state , disorder or condition developing in a mammal that may be afflicted with or predisposed to the state , disorder or condition but does not yet experience or display clinical or subclinical symptoms of the state , disorder or condition , ( ii ) inhibiting the state , disorder or condition , i . e ., arresting or reducing the development of the disease or at least one clinical or subclinical symptom thereof , or ( iii ) relieving the disease , i . e ., causing regression of the state , disorder or condition or at least one of its clinical or subclinical symptoms . the benefit to a subject to be treated is either statistically significant or at least perceptible to the patient or to the physician . a “ therapeutically effective amount ” means the amount of a compound that , when administered to a mammal for treating a state , disorder or condition , is sufficient to effect such treatment . the “ therapeutically effective amount ” will vary depending on the compound , the disease and its severity and the age , weight , physical condition and responsiveness of the mammal to be treated . the term “ subject ” refers to an animal , preferably a mammal , most preferably a human , who has been the object of treatment , observation or experiment . treatment of animals , such as mice , rats , dogs , cats , cows , sheep and pigs , is , however , also within the scope of the present invention . in another aspect the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing an effective dose of compounds of the present invention as well as pharmaceutically acceptable excipient , such as a carrier or diluent . the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is suitably selected with regard to the intended route of administration and standard pharmaceutical practice . the term “ carrier ” refers to a diluent , excipient , and / or vehicle with which an active compound is administered . the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may contain combinations of more than one carrier . pharmaceutical carriers according to the invention can be sterile liquids , such as but not limited to water , saline solutions , aqueous dextrose solutions , aqueous glycerol solutions ; and / or oils , including petroleum , animal , vegetable or synthetic origin , such as soybean oil , mineral oil , sesame oil and the like . water or aqueous solution saline solutions and aqueous dextrose and glycerol solutions are preferably employed as carriers , particularly for injectable solutions . suitable pharmaceutical carriers are described in “ remington &# 39 ; s pharmaceutical sciences ” by e . w . martin , 18th edition . the choice of pharmaceutical carrier can be selected with regard to the intended route of administration and standard pharmaceutical practice . the pharmaceutical compositions may comprise as , in addition to , the carrier any suitable binder ( s ), lubricant ( s ), suspending agent ( s ), coating agent ( s ), and / or solubilizing agent ( s ). a “ pharmaceutically acceptable excipient ” means an excipient that is useful in preparing a pharmaceutical composition that is generally safe , non - toxic and neither biologically nor otherwise undesirable , and includes an excipient that is acceptable for veterinary use as well as human pharmaceutical use . a “ pharmaceutically acceptable excipient ” as used in the present application includes both one and more than one such excipient . in yet a certain embodiment , the present invention relates to compounds of formula ( i ) and compounds of formula ( ii ), pharmaceutical compositions thereof , or methods , for treatment of disorders of for use in treatment of asthma , copd , diffuse panbronchiolitis , adult respiratory distress syndrome , inflammatory bowel disease , crohn &# 39 ; s disease , chronic bronchitis , and cystic fibrosis . it will be appreciated that pharmaceutical compositions for use in accordance with the present invention may be in the form of oral , parenternal , transdermal , inhalation , sublingual , topical , implant , nasal , or enterally administered ( or other mucosally administered ) suspensions , capsules or tablets , which may be formulated in conventional manner using one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients . there may be different composition / formulation requirements depending on the different delivery systems . it is to be understood that not all of the compounds need to be administered by the same route . during any of the processes for preparation of the compounds of the present invention , it may be necessary and / or desirable to protect sensitive or reactive groups on any of the molecules concerned . this may be achieved by means of conventional protecting groups , such as those described in protective groups in organic chemistry , ed . j . f . w . mcomie , plenum press , 1973 ; and t . w . greene & amp ; p . g . m . wuts , protective groups in organic syn thesis , john wiley & amp ; sons , 1991 , fully incorporated herein by reference . the protecting groups may be removed at a convenient subsequent stage using methods known from the art . test for the antimicrobial activity of the novel compounds may be performed according to the standards of clinical and laboratory standards institute , performance standards for antimicrobial disk susceptibility tests ; approved standard ; m2 - a ), vol . 26 no . 1 9 th ed . in one embodiment of the present invention , compounds of formula ( i ) and formula ( ii ) show a 25 % reduction in the response compared to an antibiotic reference , when testing for the antimicrobial activity of the novel compounds according to the standards of clinical and laboratory standards institute , performance standards for antimicrobial disk susceptibility tests ; approved standard ; m2 - a ), vol . 26 no . 1 9 th ed . other relevant antibiotic assays may be used as well . the antibiotic reference may be selected between gentamycin , ampicillin , chloramphenicol , penicillin , or any other suitable antibiotic . in yet a preferred embodiment of the present invention , compounds of formula ( i ) and formula ( ii ) show a 30 %, 50 %, 755 , 85 %, 90 %, 95 % or even higher reduction in the response compared to an antibiotic reference . in one embodiment of the present invention , compounds of formula ( i ) and formula ( ii ) are tested for their properties regarding maintainance of the non - antibiotic properties of azilthromycin . in yet another embodiment , compounds of formula ( i ) and formula ( ii ) maintains at least 50 %, 60 %, 70 %, 75 %, 80 %, 90 , 95 % of the non - antibiotic properties of azilthromycin are maintained by the novel compounds of formula ( i ) and formula ( ii ), preferably more than 75 %, even preferably more than 90 %. alternatively , the testing of the maintainance of the non - antibiotic properties of azilthromycin may result in a positive / negative evaluation or indication . suitable assay for testing of the non - antibiotic properties of azilthromycin would be , but not limited to , measurement on , e . g . human lung cells , for processing of tight junction proteins claudin - 1 , claudin - 4 , occludin and jam - a and how they affect the cells transepithelial electrical resistance ( ter ) assays as a measure for strengthened intercellular epithelial coherence , or immunomodulating assays , or the methods as applied in references 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 or 6 , which hereby is incorporated by reference . protocols for any of these assays are well - known to the skilled person . pp001 is synthesized in 13 steps according to the description below . phenyloxazolineamine 24 ( 0 . 40 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml ) was reacted with romopyridinecarboxaldehyde 25 ( 0 . 40 mmol ) in the presence of mgso 4 ( 1 . 99 mmol ) at room temperature for 1 hour . then , cucl 2 ( 0 . 40 mmol ) was added and stirred at that temperature for another hour . the mixture as filtered through celite ( 700 mg ) and evaporated in vacuo to generate the catalyst 5 . after dissolving the remaining residue in thf ( 20 ml ), the triol 4 ( 2 . 00 mmol ) in thf ( 6 ml ), et 3 n ( 2 . 44 mmol ) and benzoyl chloride ( 2 . 22 mmol ) were added to the catalyst 5 at room temperature in sequence , and then the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes . quenching the benzoylation with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 10 ml ), work - up with etoac ( 10 ml × 3 ) and the final chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) produced the monobenzoate 7 . to the benzoate 7 ( 2 . 12 mmol ) dissolved in ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml ) were added meso 2 cl ( 2 . 58 mmol ) and et 3 n ( 2 . 72 mmol ) at − 78 ° c ., and then the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 15 minutes . after raising the reaction temperature to room temperature , dbu ( 2 . 57 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) was injected to the mixture . the resulting solution was stirred for 6 hours at that temperature , and then quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 3 ml ). normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml × 2 ) and the following column chromatography ( et2o / hexane = 1 / 10 ) afforded the epoxy benzoate . the epoxy benzoate ( 1 . 65 mmol ) was dissolved in meoh ( 1 . 5 ml ), and subsequently k 2 co 3 ( 0 . 25 mmol ) was added . after stirring the mixture at room temperature for 2 hours , the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 5 ml ). work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 5 ) furnished the epoxy alcohol 26 . to 26 ( 1 . 47 mmol ) in a mixture of dmso ( 1 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml ) were added et3n ( 11 . 76 mmol ) and s 3 py ( 11 . 76 mmol ) at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at that temperature . work - up was carried out by addition of h 2 o ( 4 ml ), extraction with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ), washing with 0 . 5 m hcl ( 2 ml ) and brine ( 2 ml ), drying over mgso 4 ( 500 mg ), filtration , and evaporation of all the volatile materials in vacuo to yield the crude epoxy aldehyde . et 2 zn ( 1 . 0 m in hexane , 2 . 94 mmol ) and the crude aldehyde in toluene ( 0 . 5 ml ) were sequentially injected to the amino alcohol 8 ( 16 mg ) in toluene ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . after removal of the ice bath , the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours , and then quenched with 1 m hcl ( 2 ml ). normal work - up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the ensuing chromatographic separation ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 7 ) gave the epoxy alcohol 9 and its diastereomer . to 9 ( 2 . 11 mmol ) in thf ( 2 ml ) was added vitride ® ( 65 wt % in toluene , 2 . 53 mmol ) diluted in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . after quenching the reduction with 1 m h 2 so 4 ( 2 ml ), usual work - up with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ), and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 3 ) provided the diol . triethylsilyl chloride ( 2 . 21 mmol ) and imidazole ( 2 . 80 mmol ) were added to the diol ( 1 . 86 mmol ) in dmf ( 2 ml ) at room temperature in sequence and the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . the silylation was quenched with h 2 o ( 2 ml ), work - up with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 8 ) to render the tes ether . to the tes ether ( 1 . 75 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 4 ml ) was added m - chloroperbenzoic acid ( 77 % purity , 2 . 63 mmol ) at − 50 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 6 hours . after quenching the epoxidation with 1 m aqueous naoh ( 2 ml ), usual work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 6 ) gave rise to the silyloxy epoxide 10 . nan 3 ( 3 . 64 mmol ) and mgso 4 ( 3 . 64 mmol ) were added to 10 ( 1 . 82 mmol ) in 2 - methoxyethanol ( 5 ml ) at room temperature , and the resulting mixture was heated at 11 ° c . for 6 hours . after cooling the mixture to room temperature , it was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with etoac ( 10 ml ). the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo and the residue was separated chromatographically ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) to impart the hydroxyl azide . to the hydroxyl azide ( 1 . 49 mmol ) in dmf ( 4 ml ) were added t - butyldimethylsilyl chloride ( 2 . 10 mmol ) and imidazole ( 2 . 38 mmol ) at room temperature for 5 hours . quenching the silylation with h 2 o ( 2 ml ), work - up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 30 ) supplied the tbs ether azide 27 . ph 3 p ( 2 . 68 mmol ) was added to 27 ( 1 . 34 mmol ) in a 10 : 1 mixture of thf and h 2 o ( 4 . 4 ml ) at room temperature , and the solution was stirred at that temperature for 10 hours . after evaporation of the volatile materials in vacuo , the residue was purified chromatographically ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 10 ) to procure the silyl ether amine . pyridinium fluoride in a mixture of thf ( 6 ml ) and pyridine ( 60 μl ) was injected to the silyl ether amine ( 1 . 17 mmol ) in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours . after addition of saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 2 ml ), normal work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) delivered the amine 2 . to a mixture of the iodide 11 ( 3 . 07 mmol ) and the ketone 12 ( 3 . 07 mmol ) in thf ( 16 ml ) was added s - buli ( 1 . 4 m in cyclohexane , 5 . 53 mmol ) dropwise at − 98 ° c . the reaction solution was stirred at − 98 ° c . for 2 hours and then quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 10 ml ). normal work - up with et 2 o ( 5 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic separation ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 10 ) offered the adduct acetonide . propane - 1 , 3 - dithiol ( 5 . 03 mmol ) and bf 3 . oet 2 ( 0 . 12 mmol ) were added to the adduct acetonide ( 1 . 93 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml ) at 0 ° c ., and then the mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 1 hour . quenching the hydrolysis with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), work - up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) afforded the triol 13 . phenyloxazolineamine 28 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml ) was reacted with bromopyridinecarboxaldehyde 25 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in the presence of mgso 4 ( 0 . 99 mmol ) at room temperature for 1 hour . then , cucl 2 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) was added and stirred at that temperature for another hour . the mixture was filtered through celite ( 400 mg ) and evaporated in vacuo to generate the catalyst 6 . after dissolving the remaining residue in thf ( 10 ml ) the triol 13 ( 1 . 00 mmol ) in thf ( 3 ml ), et 3 n ( 1 . 20 mmol ) and benzoyl chloride ( 1 . 10 mmol ) were added to the catalyst 6 at room temperature in sequence , and then the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes . quenching the benzoylation with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 5 ml ), work - up with etoac ( 5 ml × 3 ) and the following chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) produced the monobenzoate 14 and its diastereomeric monobenzoate . to the monobenzoate 14 ( 1 . 38 mmol ) in chbcl 2 ( 5 ml ) were added meso 2 cl ( 1 . 67 mmol ) and et 3 n ( 1 . 80 mmol ) at − 78 ° c ., and then the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 30 minutes . after raising the reaction temperature to room temperature , dbu ( 1 . 66 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) was injected to the mixture . the resulting solution was stirred for 6 hours at that temperature , and then quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 3 ml ). normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 15 ) yielded the epoxy benzoate . the epoxy benzoate ( 1 . 08 mmol ) was dissolved in meoh ( 3 ml ), and subsequent k 2 co 3 ( 0 . 16 mmol ) was added . after stirring the mixture at room temperature for 2 hours , the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 2 ml ). work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 9 ) gave the epoxy alcohol 29 . to 29 ( 0 . 97 mmol ) in a mixture of dmso ( 1 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml ) were added et 3 n ( 1 . 1 ml , 7 . 79 mmol ) and so 3 py ( 7 . 78 mmol ) at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at that temperature . work - up was carried out by addition of h 2 o ( 4 ml ), extraction with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ), washing with 0 . 5 m hcl ( 2 ml ) and brine ( 2 ml ), drying over mgso 4 ( 500 mg ), filtration and evaporation of all the volatile materials in vacuo to produce the crude epoxy aldehyde . to the crude epoxy aldehyde in thf ( 3 ml ) was added (+)- ipc2 -( z )- crotylborane 15 ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 1 . 0 mmol ) at − 78 ° c . and the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 16 hours . after a sequential addition of aqueous naoh ( 3 . 0 m , 1 . 2 ml ) and 30 % h 2 o 2 ( 1 ml ), normal work - up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( et2o / hexane = 1 / 8 ) rendered the epoxy alcohol 16 and its diastereomer . to 16 ( 1 . 0 mmol ) in thf ( 3 ml ) was added vitride ® ( 65 wt %/ o in toluene , 1 . 2 mmol ) diluted in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . after quenching the reduction with 1 m h 2 so 4 ( 1 ml ), usual work - up with et2o ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 5 ) imparted the vicinal diol . a heterogeneous mixture of agotf ( 13 . 1 mmol ) and molecular sieve 4 å ( 2 . 1 g ) was prepared in a mixture of ch 2 cl 2 ( 12 ml ) and toluene ( 12 ml ). to the heterogeneous mixture were added the vicinal diol ( 0 . 87 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 6 ml ) and 17 ( 4 . 35 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 6 ml ) sequentially at 0 ° c . the resultant mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 2 hours and then at room temperature for another 2 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 15 ml ), and filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with ch 2 cl 2 ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 5 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried over mgso 4 ( 1 g ), filtered and evaporated in vacuo . chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) of the crude product provided the 1 - glycoside 18 and the starting diol . ozone produced from an ozone generator was bubbled into 18 ( 0 . 226 mmol ) in meoh ( 3 ml ) at − 78 ° c . until the starting 18 disappeared completely on tlc . me 2 s ( 0 . 2 ml ) was added at − 78 ° c ., the reaction temperature was raised to 0 ° c . and the resulting mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 10 minutes . evaporation of all the volatile materials under reduced pressure gave rise to the crude aldehyde . to the crude aldehyde in ch 2 cl 2 ( 11 ml ) were added bf 3 . oet 2 ( 1 . 36 mmol ) and ( e )- crotyltin reagent 19 ( 1 . 36 mmol ) at − 78 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 12 hours . the crotylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 9 ml ) at − 78 ° c ., then with 10 % aqueous naoh ( 9 ml ) at room temperature , and the resultant solution was stirred at that temperature for 12 hours . after normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml × 3 ), the crude product was purified chromatographically two times ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 3 , then et2o / hexane = 1 / 2 ) to supply the alkene 20 and presumably its diastereomer . to 20 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in dmf ( 4 ml ) were added nahco 3 ( 0 . 81 mmol ), oso 4 ( 0 . 016 mmol ) and oxone ® ( 1 . 63 mmol ) at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 6 hours . etoac ( 5 ml ) and saturated aqueous na 2 s 2 o 3 ( 5 ml ) were added and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes . after acidifying the solution to ph 3 with 1 m aqueous hcl , usual work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) procured the silyl protected carboxylic acid . to the silyl protected carboxylic acid ( 0 . 17 mmol ) in thf ( 1 ml ) was added nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 51 mmol ) at room temperature and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 4 hours . addition of saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 1 ml ) followed by normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml × 7 ) and chromatographic purification ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 10 ) delivered the hydroxyl carboxylic acid 3 . dess - martin periodinane ( 0 . 27 mmol ) was stirred with pyridine ( 1 . 10 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) at room temperature for 15 minutes and 3 ( 0 . 22 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 0 . 6 ml ) was injected to the periodinane solution cooled down to 0 ° c . after stirring the reaction mixture at 0 ° c . for 2 hours , h 2 o ( 2 ml ) was added at room temperature and it was worked up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 4 ) to offer the crude aldehyde . to a mixture of the crude aldehyde and 2 ( 0 . 29 mmol ) in meoh ( 4 ml ) were added nahco 3 and 10 % pd / c ( 11 mg ). the reaction flask was briefly evacuated in vacuo and filled with hydrogen gas twice . after 8 hours under an atmospheric pressure of hydrogen gas using a balloon at room temperature , another 10 % pd / c ( 11 mg ) and formalin ( 37 wt %, 2 . 23 mmol ) were added again , and the mixture was stirred under the hydrogen gas balloon at that temperature for 6 hours more . the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with etoac ( 10 ml ), the volatile materials were evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 1 ) to produce the seco - acid 21 . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the cladinoside 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 20 ) to furnish the protected 1 - anomeric azalide 24 , the α - anomer and the recovered starting macrolactone . after addition of nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 17 mmol ) to 24 ( 0 . 04 mmol ) in thf ( 0 . 5 ml ) at room temperature , the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 5 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 0 . 5 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 1 ml × 4 ) and the crude product was purified by column chromatography ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 8 ) to yield pp001 1 . pp002 is synthesized in 13 steps according to the description below . phenyloxazolineamine 24 ( 0 . 40 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml ) was reacted with romopyridinecarboxaldehyde 25 ( 0 . 40 mmol ) in the presence of mgso 4 ( 1 . 99 mmol ) at room temperature for 1 hour . then , cucl 2 ( 0 . 40 mmol ) was added and stirred at that temperature for another hour . the mixture as filtered through celite ( 700 mg ) and evaporated in vacuo to generate the catalyst 5 . after dissolving the remaining residue in thf ( 20 ml ), the triol 4 ( 2 . 00 mmol ) in thf ( 6 ml ), et 3 n ( 2 . 44 mmol ) and benzoyl chloride ( 2 . 22 mmol ) were added to the catalyst 5 at room temperature in sequence , and then the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes . quenching the benzoylation with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 10 ml ), work - up with etoac ( 10 ml × 3 ) and the final chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) produced the monobenzoate 7 . to the benzoate 7 ( 2 . 12 mmol ) dissolved in ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml ) were added meso 2 cl ( 2 . 58 mmol ) and et 3 n ( 2 . 72 mmol ) at − 78 ° c ., and then the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 15 minutes . after raising the reaction temperature to room temperature , dbu ( 2 . 57 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) was injected to the mixture . the resulting solution was stirred for 6 hours at that temperature , and then quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 3 ml ). normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml × 2 ) and the following column chromatography ( et2o / hexane = 1 / 10 ) afforded the epoxy benzoate . the epoxy benzoate ( 1 . 65 mmol ) was dissolved in meoh ( 1 . 5 ml ), and subsequently k 2 co 3 ( 0 . 25 mmol ) was added . after stirring the mixture at room temperature for 2 hours , the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 5 ml ). work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 5 ) furnished the epoxy alcohol 26 . to 26 ( 1 . 47 mmol ) in a mixture of dmso ( 1 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml ) were added et3n ( 11 . 76 mmol ) and so 3 . py ( 11 . 76 mmol ) at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at that temperature . work - up was carried out by addition of h 2 o ( 4 ml ), extraction with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ), washing with 0 . 5 m hcl ( 2 ml ) and brine ( 2 ml ), drying over mgso 4 ( 500 mg ), filtration , and evaporation of all the volatile materials in vacuo to yield the crude epoxy aldehyde . et 2 zn ( 1 . 0 m in hexane , 2 . 94 mmol ) and the crude aldehyde in toluene ( 0 . 5 ml ) were sequentially injected to the amino alcohol 8 ( 16 mg ) in toluene ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . after removal of the ice bath , the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours , and then quenched with 1 m hcl ( 2 ml ). normal work - up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the ensuing chromatographic separation ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 7 ) gave the epoxy alcohol 9 and its diastereomer . to 9 ( 2 . 11 mmol ) in thf ( 2 ml ) was added vitride ® ( 65 wt % in toluene , 2 . 53 mmol ) diluted in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . after quenching the reduction with 1 m h 2 so 4 ( 2 ml ), usual work - up with et2o ( 3 ml × 3 ), and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 3 ) provided the diol . triethylsilyl chloride ( 2 . 21 mmol ) and imidazole ( 2 . 80 mmol ) were added to the diol ( 1 . 86 mmol ) in dmf ( 2 ml ) at room temperature in sequence and the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . the silylation was quenched with h 2 o ( 2 ml ), work - up with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 8 ) to render the tes ether . to the tes ether ( 1 . 75 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 4 ml ) was added m - chloroperbenzoic acid ( 77 % purity , 2 . 63 mmol ) at − 50 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 6 hours . after quenching the epoxidation with 1 m aqueous naoh ( 2 ml ), usual work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 6 ) gave rise to the silyloxy epoxide 10 . nan 3 ( 3 . 64 mmol ) and mgso 4 ( 3 . 64 mmol ) were added to 10 ( 1 . 82 mmol ) in 2 - methoxyethanol ( 5 ml ) at room temperature , and the resulting mixture was heated at 11 ° c . for 6 hours . after cooling the mixture to room temperature , it was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with etoac ( 10 ml ). the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo and the residue was separated chromatographically ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) to impart the hydroxyl azide . to the hydroxyl azide ( 1 . 49 mmol ) in dmf ( 4 ml ) were added t - butyldimethylsilyl chloride ( 2 . 10 mmol ) and imidazole ( 2 . 38 mmol ) at room temperature for 5 hours . quenching the silylation with h 2 o ( 2 ml ), work - up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 30 ) supplied the tbs ether azide 27 . ph 3 p ( 2 . 68 mmol ) was added to 27 ( 1 . 34 mmol ) in a 10 : 1 mixture of thf and h 2 o ( 4 . 4 ml ) at room temperature , and the solution was stirred at that temperature for 10 hours . after evaporation of the volatile materials in vacuo , the residue was purified chromatographically ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 10 ) to procure the silyl ether amine . pyridinium fluoride in a mixture of thf ( 6 ml ) and pyridine ( 60 μl ) was injected to the silyl ether amine ( 1 . 17 mmol ) in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours . after addition of saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 2 ml ), normal work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) delivered the amine 2 . to a mixture of the iodide 11 ( 3 . 07 mmol ) and the ketone 12 ( 3 . 07 mmol ) in thf ( 16 ml ) was added s - buli ( 1 . 4 m in cyclohexane , 5 . 53 mmol ) dropwise at − 98 ° c . the reaction solution was stirred at − 98 ° c . for 2 hours and then quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 10 ml ). normal work - up with et 2 o ( 5 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic separation ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 10 ) offered the adduct acetonide . propane - 1 , 3 - dithiol ( 5 . 03 mmol ) and bf 3 oet 2 ( 0 . 12 mmol ) were added to the adduct acetonide ( 1 . 93 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml ) at 0 ° c ., and then the mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 1 hour . quenching the hydrolysis with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), work - up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) afforded the triol 13 . phenyloxazolineamine 28 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml ) was reacted with bromopyridinecarboxaldehyde 25 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in the presence of mgso 4 ( 0 . 99 mmol ) at room temperature for 1 hour . then , cucl 2 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) was added and stirred at that temperature for another hour . the mixture was filtered through celite ( 400 mg ) and evaporated in vacuo to generate the catalyst 6 . after dissolving the remaining residue in thf ( 10 ml ) the triol 13 ( 1 . 00 mmol ) in thf ( 3 ml ), et 3 n ( 1 . 20 mmol ) and benzoyl chloride ( 1 . 10 mmol ) were added to the catalyst 6 at room temperature in sequence , and then the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes . quenching the benzoylation with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 5 ml ), work - up with etoac ( 5 ml × 3 ) and the following chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) produced the monobenzoate 14 and its diastereomeric monobenzoate . to the monobenzoate 14 ( 1 . 38 mmol ) in chbcl 2 ( 5 ml ) were added meso 2 cl ( 1 . 67 mmol ) and et 3 n ( 1 . 80 mmol ) at − 78 ° c ., and then the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 30 minutes . after raising the reaction temperature to room temperature , dbu ( 1 . 66 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) was injected to the mixture . the resulting solution was stirred for 6 hours at that temperature , and then quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 3 ml ). normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 15 ) yielded the epoxy benzoate . the epoxy benzoate ( 1 . 08 mmol ) was dissolved in meoh ( 3 ml ), and subsequent k 2 co 3 ( 0 . 16 mmol ) was added . after stirring the mixture at room temperature for 2 hours , the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 2 ml ). work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 9 ) gave the epoxy alcohol 29 . to 29 ( 0 . 97 mmol ) in a mixture of dmso ( 1 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 3 ml ) were added et 3 n ( 1 . 1 ml , 7 . 79 mmol ) and so 3 py ( 7 . 78 mmol ) at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at that temperature . work - up was carried out by addition of h 2 o ( 4 ml ), extraction with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ), washing with 0 . 5 m hcl ( 2 ml ) and brine ( 2 ml ), drying over mgso 4 ( 500 mg ), filtration and evaporation of all the volatilematerials in vacuo to produce the crude epoxy aldehyde . to the crude epoxy aldehyde in thf ( 3 ml ) was added (+)- ipc2 -( z )- crotylborane 15 ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 1 . 0 mmol ) at − 78 ° c . and the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 16 hours . after a sequential addition of aqueous naoh ( 3 . 0 m , 1 . 2 ml ) and 30 % h 2 o 2 ( 1 ml ), normal work - up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and column chromatography ( et2o / hexane = 1 / 8 ) rendered the epoxy alcohol 16 and its diastereomer . to 16 ( 1 . 0 mmol ) in thf ( 3 ml ) was added vitride ® ( 65 wt % in toluene , 1 . 2 mmol ) diluted in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . after quenching the reduction with 1 m h 2 so 4 ( 1 ml ), usual work - up with et2o ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 5 ) imparted the vicinal diol . a heterogeneous mixture of agotf ( 13 . 1 mmol ) and molecular sieve 4 å ( 2 . 1 g ) was prepared in a mixture of ch 2 cl 2 ( 12 ml ) and toluene ( 12 ml ). to the heterogeneous mixture were added the vicinal diol ( 0 . 87 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 6 ml ) and the desosaminating agent 17 ( 4 . 35 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 6 ml ) sequentially at 0 ° c . the resultant mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 2 hours and then at room temperature for another 2 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 15 ml ), and filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with ch 2 cl 2 ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 5 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried over mgso 4 ( 1 g ), filtered and evaporated in vacuo . chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) of the crude product provided the 1 - glycoside 18 and the starting diol . ozone produced from an ozone generator was bubbled into 18 ( 0 . 226 mmol ) in meoh ( 3 ml ) at − 78 ° c . until the starting 18 disappeared completely on tlc . me 2 s ( 0 . 2 ml ) was added at − 78 ° c ., the reaction temperature was raised to 0 ° c . and the resulting mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 10 minutes . evaporation of all the volatile materials under reduced pressure gave rise to the crude aldehyde . to the crude aldehyde in ch 2 cl 2 ( 11 ml ) were added bf 3 oet 2 ( 1 . 36 mmol ) and ( e )- crotyltin reagent 19 ( 1 . 36 mmol ) at − 78 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 12 hours . the crotylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 9 ml ) at − 78 ° c ., then with 10 % aqueous naoh ( 9 ml ) at room temperature , and the resultant solution was stirred at that temperature for 12 hours . after normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml × 3 ), the crude product was purified chromatographically two times ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 3 , then et2o / hexane = 1 / 2 ) to supply the alkene 20 and presumably its diastereomers . to 20 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in dmf ( 4 ml ) were added nahco 3 ( 0 . 81 mmol ), oso 4 ( 0 . 016 mmol ) and oxone ® ( 1 . 63 mmol ) at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 6 hours . etoac ( 5 ml ) and saturated aqueous na 2 s 2 o 3 ( 5 ml ) were added and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes . after acidifying the solution to ph 3 with 1 m aqueous hcl , usual work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) procured the silyl protected carboxylic acid . to the silyl protected carboxylic acid ( 0 . 17 mmol ) in thf ( 1 ml ) was added nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 51 mmol ) at room temperature and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 4 hours . addition of saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 1 ml ) followed by normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml × 7 ) and chromatographic purification ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 10 ) delivered the hydroxyl carboxylic acid 3 . dess - martin periodinane ( 0 . 27 mmol ) was stirred with pyridine ( 1 . 10 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) at room temperature for 15 minutes and 3 ( 0 . 22 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 0 . 6 ml ) was injected to the periodinane solution cooled down to 0 ° c . after stirring the reaction mixture at 0 ° c . for 2 hours , h 2 o ( 2 ml ) was added at room temperature and it was worked up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 4 ) to offer the crude aldehyde . to a mixture of the crude aldehyde and 2 ( 0 . 29 mmol ) in meoh ( 4 ml ) were added nahco 3 and 10 % pd / c ( 11 mg ). the reaction flask was briefly evacuated in vacuo and filled with hydrogen gas twice . after 8 hours under an atmospheric pressure of hydrogen gas using a balloon at room temperature , another 10 % pd / c ( 11 mg ) and formalin ( 37 wt %/ o , 2 . 23 mmol ) were added again , and the mixture was stirred under the hydrogen gas balloon at that temperature for 6 hours more . the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with etoac ( 10 ml ), the volatile materials were evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 1 ) to produce the seco - acid 21 . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 20 ) to furnish the 1 - anomeric azalide 24 , the α - anomer and the recovered starting macrolactone . after addition of nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 17 mmol ) to 24 ( 0 . 04 mmol ) in thf ( 0 . 5 ml ) at room temperature , the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 5 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 0 . 5 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 1 ml × 4 ) and the crude product was purified by column chromatography ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 8 ) to yield pp002 1 pp003 is synthesized according to the synthesis of pp001 step a to k . step l is described below . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 20 ) to produce pp003 24 . pp004 is synthesized in 13 steps . step a to k and m is performed according to the synthesis of pp002 and the step l is modified according to the description below . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 20 ) to furnish the 3 - anomeric azalide 24 , the α - anomer and the recovered starting macrolactone . after addition of nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 17 mmol ) to 24 ( 0 . 04 mmol ) in thf ( 0 . 5 ml ) at room temperature , the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 5 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 0 . 5 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 1 ml × 4 ) and the crude product was purified by column chromatography ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 8 ) to yield pp004 1 pp005 is synthesized in 13 steps . step a to g is performed as described for pp001 . in step h the reactant 17 is changed giving rise to pp005 . the synthesis form step h is described below . to 16 ( 1 . 0 mmol ) in thf ( 3 ml ) was added vitride ® ( 65 wt % in toluene , 1 . 2 mmol ) diluted in thf ( 2 ml ) at 0 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 8 hours . after quenching the reduction with 1 m h 2 so 4 ( 1 ml ), usual work - up with et 2 o ( 3 ml × 3 ) and the following column chromatography ( et 2 o / hexane = 1 / 5 ) imparted the vicinal diol . a heterogeneous mixture of agotf ( 13 . 1 mmol ) and molecular sieve 4 å ( 2 . 1 g ) was prepared in a mixture of ch 2 cl 2 ( 12 ml ) and toluene ( 12 ml ). to the heterogeneous mixture were added the vicinal diol ( 0 . 87 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 6 ml ) and 17 ( 4 . 35 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 6 ml ) sequentially at 0 ° c . the resultant mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 2 hours and then at room temperature for another 2 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 15 ml ), and filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with ch 2 cl 2 ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 5 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried over mgso 4 ( 1 g ), filtered and evaporated in vacuo . chromatographic purification ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 4 ) of the crude product provided the β - glycoside 18 and the starting diol . ozone produced from an ozone generator was bubbled into 18 ( 0 . 226 mmol ) in meoh ( 3 ml ) at − 78 ° c . until the starting 18 disappeared completely on tlc . me 2 s ( 0 . 2 ml ) was added at − 78 ° c ., the reaction temperature was raised to 0 ° c . and the resulting mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 10 minutes . evaporation of all the volatile materials under reduced pressure gave rise to the crude aldehyde . to the crude aldehyde in ch 2 cl 2 ( 11 ml ) were added bf 3 . oet 2 ( 1 . 36 mmol ) and ( e )- crotyltin reagent 19 ( 1 . 36 mmol ) at − 78 ° c . and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 12 hours . the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 9 ml ) at − 78 ° c ., then with 10 % aqueous naoh ( 9 ml ) at room temperature , and the resultant solution was stirred at that temperature for 12 hours . after normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 5 ml × 3 ), the crude product was purified chromatographically two times ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 3 , then et2o / hexane = 1 / 2 ) to supply 20 and presumably its diastereomer . to 20 ( 0 . 20 mmol ) in dmf ( 4 ml ) were added nahco 3 ( 0 . 81 mmol ), oso 4 ( 0 . 016 mmol ) and oxone ® ( 1 . 63 mmol ) at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 6 hours . etoac ( 5 ml ) and saturated aqueous na 2 s 2 o 3 ( 5 ml ) were added and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes . after acidifying the solution to ph 3 with 1 m aqueous hcl , usual work - up with etoac ( 3 ml × 3 ) and chromatographic separation ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 2 ) procured the silyl protected carboxylic acid . to the silyl protected carboxylic acid ( 0 . 17 mmol ) in thf ( 1 ml ) was added nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 51 mmol ) at room temperature and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 4 hours . addition of saturated aqueous nh 4 cl ( 1 ml ) followed by normal work - up with ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml × 7 ) and chromatographic purification ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 10 ) delivered 3 . dess - martin periodinane ( 0 . 27 mmol ) was stirred with pyridine ( 1 . 10 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 1 ml ) at room temperature for 15 minutes and 3 ( 0 . 22 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 0 . 6 ml ) was injected to the periodinane solution cooled down to 0 ° c . after stirring the reaction mixture at 0 ° c . for 2 hours , h 2 o ( 2 ml ) was added at room temperature and it was worked up with et 2 o ( 4 ml × 4 ) to offer the crude product . to a mixture of the crude product and 2 ( 0 . 29 mmol ) in meoh ( 4 ml ) were added nahco 3 and 10 % pd / c ( 11 mg ). the reaction flask was briefly evacuated in vacuo and filled with hydrogen gas twice . after 8 hours under an atmospheric pressure of hydrogen gas using a balloon at room temperature , another 10 % pd / c ( 11 mg ) and formalin ( 37 wt %/ o , 2 . 23 mmol ) were added again , and the mixture was stirred under the hydrogen gas balloon at that temperature for 6 hours more . the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) with etoac ( 10 ml ), the volatile materials were evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( etoac / hexane = 1 / 1 ) to produce 21 . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the cladinoside 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 20 ) to furnish the protected 1 - anomeric azalide 24 , the α - anomer and the recovered starting macrolactone . after addition of nbu 4 nf ( 1 . 0 m in thf , 0 . 17 mmol ) to 24 ( 0 . 04 mmol ) in thf ( 0 . 5 ml ) at room temperature , the resulting solution was stirred at that temperature for 5 hours , quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 0 . 5 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 1 ml × 4 ) and the crude product was purified by column chromatography ( meoh / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 8 ) to yield pp005 1 pp006 is synthesized in 13 steps . step a to k is performed as described for pp005 and step l as described below . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the cladinoside 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 ch 2 = 1 / 20 ) to produce pp006 24 pp007 is synthesized in 12 steps . step a to k is performed as described for pp003 . in step l the reactant 23 is changed . the synthesis form step l is described below . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 ch 2 = 1 / 20 ) to produce pp007 24 . pp008 is synthesized in 12 steps . step a to k is performed as described for pp008 . in step l the reactant 23 is changed . the synthesis form step l is described below . to 21 ( 0 . 07 mmol ) in toluene ( 15 ml ) were added 2 , 4 , 6 - trichlorobenzoyl chloride ( 0 . 21 mmol ), et 3 n ( 0 . 42 mmol ) and 4 ( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( 0 . 06 mmol ) at room temperature . after stirring the mixture at that temperature for 1 hour , it was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ), worked up with etoac ( 4 ml × 3 ) and the crude product was separated chromatographically ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 15 ) to afford the macrolactone 22 . to a mixture of the macrolactone 22 ( 0 . 06 mmol ) and the 23 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) were added cuo ( 2 . 17 mmol ), molecular sieve 4 å ( 800 mg ), acetonitrile ( 3 ml ) and cupic trifluoromethanesulfonate ( 0 . 96 mmol ) in sequence at room temperature , and the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 3 hours . the glycosylation was quenched with saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 3 ml ) and the resulting solution was filtered through celite ( 500 mg ) using etoac ( 10 ml ). after separation of the organic layer , the aqueous layer was extracted with etoac ( 2 ml × 3 ), the combined organic layer was dried with mgso 4 ( 300 mg ), filtered , evaporated in vacuo and the remaining residue was purified by column chromatography ( acetone / ch 2 cl 2 = 1 / 20 ) to produce pp008 24 . a test for the antimicrobial activity of the novel compounds were performed according to the standards of clinical and laboratory standards institute , performance standards for antimicrobial disk susceptibility tests ; approved standard ; m2 - a ), vol . 26 no . 1 9 th ed . the samples were dissolved in 10 ml of sterile milli - q water by magnetic stirring overnight at 20 ° c . two doses of the samples were tested in duplicate , a ) and b ). the size of the inhibition zones were measured in mm after incubation . it was found that all samples , pp001 - 8 , had no antibiotic activity when tested against 4 different microorganisms . the compounds according to the present invention , such as pp001 - pp008 , is expected to show a similar result regarding azithromycin &# 39 ; s non - antibiotic properties when these are tested on human lung cells for processing on tight junction proteins claudin - 1 , claudin - 4 , occludin and jam - a and how they affect the cells transepithelial electrical resistance ( ter ) assays as a measure for strengthened intercellular epithelial coherence , or immunomodulating assays , or any of the methods applied in references 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 or 6 . it will be observed that the tested compounds of the present invention maintain most of their non - 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