A series of styryl lactones containing the cinnamic acid ester groups such as (+)-crassalactones B (3a) and C (4a), 5,7-di-O-cinamoyl derivative 6, the corresponding 7-epimers and 7-deoxy derivatives have been synthesized, characterized and evaluated for their in vitro antitumour activity against a panel of several human tumour cell lines. Twelve new analogues such as 5-O- or 7-O-(4-methoxycinnamoyl)
Enantiodivergent total syntheses of both (+)- and (−)-enantiomers of goniofufurone, 7-epi-goniofufurone and crassalactone C have been accomplished starting from d-xylose. The key steps of the synthesis of 7-epi-(+)-goniofufurone were a stereo-selective addition of phenyl magnesium bromide to a protected dialdose, and a stereospecific furano–lactone ring formation by reaction of a related hemiacetal
Design, synthesis and in vitro antitumour activity of new goniofufurone and 7- epi -goniofufurone mimics with halogen or azido groups at the C-7 position
A series of new antitumour lactones containing the [3.3.0] bicyclic furano-lactone core and the halogen or azido group at the C-7 position have been designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their in vitro antitumour activity against a panel of human tumour cell lines. Some of the analogues displayed powerful antiproliferative effects to certain human tumour cells, but all of them were devoid of any