Methods and compounds for preparing CC-1065 analogs

1. A method of making a compound (I) or a salt thereof,

wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently H, alkyl, —C(O)OR′, —C(O)NR′R″, or a protecting group, wherein R′ and R″ are independently selected from the group consisting of H, substituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkyl, substituted aryl, unsubstituted aryl, substituted heteroaryl, unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, and unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl; R 6 is H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, cyano, or alkoxy; and X is halogen, the method comprising:

adding protecting groups R 1′ and R 2′ to a compound (II), wherein R 1′ and R 2′ are different protecting groups,

to form a compound (III)

wherein R 3 is alkyl; and

generating a five membered ring comprising the amine nitrogen of compound (III).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is methyl.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein X is Cl or Br.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein X is Br.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein adding R 1′ and R 2′ comprises adding R 1′ to compound (II) to form compound (III′)

and replacing the protecting group R 1′ on the hydroxyl substituent with the protecting group R 2′.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1′ is tert-butyloxycarbonyl.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein R 2′ is —CH 2 Ph.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising replacing R 1′ and R 2′ with hydrogen after generating the five membered ring.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1′ and R 1 are the same and R 2′ and R 2 are the same.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the five membered ring comprises iodination of a carbon adjacent the amine substituent of compound (III) followed by alkylation using 1,3-dihalopropene.

11. A method of making a CBI CC-1065 analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having the following formula:

wherein X is halo;

X 1 and Z are each independently selected from O, S and NR 8 , wherein R 8 is a member selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, and acyl;

R 4 , R 4′ , R 5 and R 5′ are members independently selected from the group consisting of H, substituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkyl, substituted aryl, unsubstituted aryl, substituted heteroaryl, unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, halogen, NO 2 , NR 9 R 10 , NC(O)R 9 , OC(O)NR 9 R 10 , OC(O)OR 9 , C(O)R 9 , SR 9 , OR 9 , CR 9 ═NR 10 , and OCH 2 NR 11 R 11′,

wherein R 9 and R 10 are independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted peptidyl, or wherein R 9 and R 10 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached are optionally joined to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl ring system having from 4 to 6 members, optionally containing two or more heteroatoms, and

R 11 and R 11′ are each independently H or lower alkyl;

R 6 is H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, cyano, or alkoxy; and

R 7 is a member selected from the group consisting of H, substituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkyl, substituted heteroalkyl, unsubstituted heteroalkyl , diphosphates,

triphosphates, acyl, C(O)R 12 R 13 , C(O)OR 12 , C(O)NR 12 R 13 , P(O)(OR 12 ) 2 , C(O)CHR 12 R 13 , SR 12 and SiR 12 R 13 R 14 , wherein R 12 , R 13 , and R 14 are members independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl and substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or wherein R 12 and R 13 together with the nitrogen or carbon atom to which they are attached are optionally joined to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl ring system having from 4 to 6 members, optionally containing two or more heteroatoms; the method comprising:

adding protecting groups R 1′ and R 2′ to a compound (II), wherein R 1′ and R 2′ are different protecting groups,

to form a compound (III)

wherein R 3 is alkyl; and

generating a five membered ring comprising the amine nitrogen of compound (III) to make a compound (I);

and adding a binding unit to compound (I), the binding unit comprising

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein generating the five membered ring comprises iodination of a carbon adjacent the amine substituent of compound (III) followed by alkylation using 1,3-dihalopropene prior to generating the five membered ring.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein adding the binding unit comprises removing the protecting group R 1′ .

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein adding the binding unit further comprises adding the binding unit to the amine substituent.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein R 6 is H.