中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 分子量 |
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—— | (+/-)-3-(3-Benzyloxy-4-methoxybenzyl)butanolide | 111959-12-7 | C19H20O4 | 312.365 |
Utilizing appropriate dibenzylbutanolides, for example 7, obtained via an efficient synthetic route from readily available aldehydes, and cell-free extracts obtained from Catharanthusroseus cell cultures, it was possible to achieve enzyme-catalyzed oxidative coupling of 7 to picropodophyllotoxin analogues. Studies are presently underway to convert such compounds to intermediates employed in the synthesis of the commercially important anti-cancer drug, etoposide.