A β-carboline-1-one mimic of the anticancer Amaryllidaceae constituent pancratistatin: Synthesis and biological evaluation: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

U. Rinner, T. Hudlicky, H. Gordon, G.R. Pettit

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Abstract

New drug design possibilities are suggested by the results of a biological evaluation of the indole derivative 1 of pancratistatin, a known anticancer agent, in a panel of cancer cell lines. Enzymatic dihydroxylation was one of the key steps in the short, enantioselective synthesis of 1.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5342-5346
Number of pages5
JournalAngew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Volume43
Issue number40
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Oct 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antitumor agents
  • Asymmetric synthesis
  • Natural products
  • Pancratistatin
  • Synthetic methods
  • Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Carbolines
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Isoquinolines
  • Molecular Mimicry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Cells
  • Synthesis (chemical)
  • Tumors
  • 7 deoxypancratistatin
  • beta carbolin 1 one
  • beta carboline derivative
  • hydroxyl group
  • lycoricidine
  • narciclasine
  • natural product
  • pancratistatin
  • phenanthridine derivative
  • unclassified drug
  • amaryllidaceae
  • antineoplastic activity
  • article
  • asymmetric synthesis
  • electricity
  • geometry
  • molecular model
  • nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
  • pharmacophore
  • plant
  • RNA transcription
  • Enzymatic dihydroxylation
  • Indole derivatives
  • Drug therapy

Research fields

  • Alkaloids
  • Amaryllidaceae alkaloids
  • Total Synthesis
  • Stereoselective synthesis
  • Structure-activity relationship

IMC Research Focuses

  • Materials science

ÖFOS 2012 - Austrian Fields of Study

  • 104015 Organic chemistry
  • 104013 Natural product chemistry
  • 301305 Medical chemistry

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