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. 2012;90(11):932-943.
doi: 10.1139/v2012-073. Epub 2012 Sep 19.

Unnatural C-1 homologues of pancratistatin - Synthesis and promising biological activities

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Unnatural C-1 homologues of pancratistatin - Synthesis and promising biological activities

Sergey Vshyvenko et al. Can J Chem. 2012.

Abstract

Several C-1 homologues of pancratistatin and 7-deoxypancratistatin were synthesized by a phenanthrene-phenathridone oxidative recyclization strategy. The key steps involved the enzymatic dihydroxylation of bromobenzene, addition of an aryl alane to an epoxyaziridine, an intramolecular aziridine opening on silica gel in solid phase, and the above-mentioned recylization strategy. Experimental and spectral data are reported for all new compounds. All synthesized C-1 homologues of pancratistatin and 7-deoxypancratistatin were evaluated for antiproliferative activity in a panel of human cancer cell lines. As expected, the 7-hydroxy compounds were found to be more potent and the activity of the C-1 benzoxymethyl analogue exceeded that of narciclasine, which was used as a positive control.

On a réalisé la synthèse de plusieurs homologues en C-1 de la pancratistatine et de la 7-désoxypencratistatine en faisant appel à une stratégie de recyclisation oxydante phenantrène–phénathridone. Les étapes clés impliquent la dihydroxylation du bromobenzène, l’addition d’une arylalane à une époxyaziridine, une ouverture intramoléculaire d’aziridine sur gel de silice en phase solide et la stratégie de recyclisation mentionnée plus haut. Les données expérimentales et spectrales sont rapportées pour tous les nouveaux produits. Tous les homologues en C-1 de la pancratistatine et de la 7-désoxypencratistatine ont été évalués pour leur activité à contrer la prolifération dans un éventail de lignées de cellules cancéreuses humaines. Tel que prévu, les composés 7-hydroxy sont les plus puissants alors que l’activité de l’analogue C-1 benzoxyméthyle est supérieure à celle de la narciclasine qui a été utilisée comme contrôle positif.

Keywords: C-1 homologues of pancratistatin; amaryllidaceae alkaloids; anticancer activities; intramolecular aziridine opening; solid-phase silica catalysis.

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Pancratistatin, other Amaryllidaceae congeners, and C-1 homologues.
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Pancratistatin analogues cause cytotoxicity in cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner.
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