作者:Hongtao Xu、Huanyu Tang、Zhuo Yang、Huijin Feng、Yuanchao Li
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2014.03.070
日期:2014.5
20-Hydroxytriptonide was synthesized from readily accessible L-abietic acid in 22 linear steps, which features a Barton reaction carried out under air atmosphere to install the C20-hydroxy group. Meanwhile, we also synthesized (5R)-5-hydroxytriptolide's probable metabolite product. Preliminary structure activity relationship studies revealed that C20-angular methyl group might play a key role in maintaining the electronic properties of the whole molecule, which was essential for retaining the cytotoxic activity and might easily and inevitably be affected by the introduction of a new group. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.