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A Pyranose-2-Phosphate Motif Is Responsible for Both Antibiotic Import and Quorum-Sensing Regulation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

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Synthesis scheme.

(A) agrocinopine A and its derivatives. Reagents and conditions: (a) 1H-tetrazole, diisopropylamine, CH2Cl2, 2 h, 79% (b) 1H-tetrazole, CH2Cl2, 2 h, 64% (c) tBuOOH, octane, CH2Cl2, 2 h, 92%; (d) 60% aqueous acetic acid, 50°C, 30 min, 53% (e) H2, Pd/C,1 atm, 24 h, 83%(f) 1M methanolic MeONa, methanol, 30 min, 9+10 (g) K2CO3, methanol, 2h, 9, 34–68% (h) BnOH, 1H-tetrazole, CH2Cl2, 30 min, 84% (i) tBuOOH, octane, CH2Cl2, 30 min, 93%; (i) 60% aqueous acetic acid, 50°C, 30 min, 69% (k) H2, Pd/C, 1 atm, 24 h, quant. (l) isopropanol, 1H-tetrazole, CH3CN, 1 h, 50% (m) tBuOOH, octane, CH2Cl2, 30 min, quant. (n). 60% aqueous acetic acid, 50°C, 30 min, 64% (o) H2, Pd/C, 1 atm, 24 h, quant. (B) D-glucose-2-phosphate. Reagents and conditions: (a) BnOH, sulfamic acid, 80°C, neat, 10h, 22% (α/β = 5:2); (b) BnBr, NaH, DMF, rt, 18h, 86%; (c) TIBAL, toluene, 50°C, 60h, 26% (100% α); (d) 1H-tetrazole, (BnO)2-P-N(iPr)2, CH2Cl2, 2h, then m-CPBA, 0°C to rt, 2h, 84%; (e) H2, Pd/C, methanol, 18h, 87%.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005071.g002