The arylmethyl and diarylmethyl ethers of tropolones were oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl derivatives by heating in dimethyl sulfoxide. The free alcohols were oxidized at a much slower rate, suggesting that some sort of DMSO-linked intermediates are responsible for the oxidation. Inertness of free alcohols was proven by means of the cross-over experiments, including deuterium-labelling. This oxidation was applicable to alkyl ethers, but not to alkenyl ethers, which are known to cause the Claisen-rearrangement.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of O-alkylated tropolones and related α-ketohydroxy derivatives as ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors
作者:I Tamburlin-Thumin
DOI:10.1016/s0223-5234(01)01249-1
日期:2001.6
A series of O-alkylated tropolones and related alpha-ketohydroxy compounds were evaluated for their biological activities and were shown to present an expected ribonucleotide reductase inhibition and cytotoxicity against some cancer cell lines but no antitubulin activity. Pharmacomodulation studies were realised to understand and enhance the observed activities. These original benzylic, heterocyclic