Vanoxonin, a new inhibitor of thymidylate synthetase. II. Structure determination and total synthesis.

Abstract
Acid hydrolysis of vanoxonin yielded 1 mol each of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, L-threonine, L-N.omega.-hydroxyornithine. Presence of acetyl group in vanoxonin was suggested by the 1H NMR. Periodate oxidation of vanoxonin liberated 1 mol of acetic acid, suggesting that the acetyl group bound to the .omega.-N of N.omega.-hydroxyornithine. The sequence of 3 components was determined to be L-N-(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)threonyl-L-(N.omega.-acetyl-N.omega.-hydroxy)ornithine by mass spectrometric analysis. This structure was confirmed by the total synthesis of vanoxonin.

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