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SUBMITTER: Dong S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3542833 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dong Suwei S Qin Tian T Hamel Ernest E Beutler John A JA Porco John A JA
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20121120 48
A rhodium-catalyzed dehydrogenation protocol for the conversion of 3,5-diarylcyclopentenones to the corresponding 2,4-diarylcyclopentadienones has been developed. With this protocol, analogues of the cytotoxic agent chamaecypanone C have been synthesized via Diels-Alder cycloaddition between the cyclopentadienones and in situ-generated o-quinols. Biological evaluation of these analogues revealed a compound with higher activity as a microtubule inhibitor and cytotoxic agent in comparison with the ...[more]