Synthesis of chiral hydroxylated enones as potential anti-tumor agents

Tony K.M. Shing; Ho T. Wu; H. F. Kwok; Clara B.S. Lau

doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.026

Synthesis of chiral hydroxylated enones as potential anti-tumor agents

Tony K.M. Shing, Ho T. Wu, H. F. Kwok, Clara B.S. Lau

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Abstract

A series of chiral hydroxylated enones were synthesized as COTC ether analogues to investigate the structural features required for optimal and selective anti-tumor activity. The cytotoxicity of the seven COTC ether analogues against WRL-68 normal and HepG2, HL-60 cancer cell lines were measured. C-4 ether analogues with an aliphatic chain substituent were found to be more favorable than their aromatic counterparts. Inversion of the configuration at C-4 in 5e to give 5f only resulted in reduced selectivity towards cancer cells. These results show that 4-O-pentyl-gabosine D (5e) has optimum selectivity and cytotoxicity towards two cancer cell lines.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7562-7565
Number of pages	4
Journal	Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.026
Publication status	Published - 2012 Dec 15

Keywords

Anti-tumor agents
COTC analogues
Hydroxylated enones
Selective cytotoxicity
Synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Molecular Medicine
Molecular Biology
Pharmaceutical Science
Drug Discovery
Clinical Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry

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