Isobenzofurans and ortho-benzoquinone monoketals in syntheses of xestoquinone and its 9- and 10-methoxy derivatives
作者:Hamish S Sutherland、Kerianne C Higgs、Nicholas J Taylor、Russell Rodrigo
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(00)00938-8
日期:2001.1
Syntheses of (+/-)-xestoquinone, (+/-)-9-methoxyxestoquinone and (+/-)-10-methoxyxestoquinone are described. A convergent CD plus ABE plan using the appropriate isobenzofuran (CD) and naphthofuranone (ABE) has been implemented to provide these marine metabolites in overall yields of 18.3, 9.5 and 8.5%, respectively. The latter pair of compounds, previously evaluated as inhibitors of Topoisomerase II as an inseparable mixture, are now available separate and pure for the first time. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.