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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Tang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2562586 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Shoubin S Yang Chao C Brodie Peggy P Bane Susan S Ravindra Rudravajhala R Sharma Shubhada S Jiang Yi Y Snyder James P JP Kingston David G I DG
Organic letters 20060801 18
The synthesis of the bridged A-nor-paclitaxel 4 has been achieved from paclitaxel in a key test of the T-Taxol conformational hypothesis. Although the unbridged A-nor-paclitaxel 3 is essentially noncytotoxic, the bridged analogue 4 is strongly cytotoxic. This result provides strong evidence for the T-Taxol conformation as the bioactive tubulin-binding conformation of paclitaxel. ...[more]