The first synthesis of a C-9 carbonyl modified baccatin III derivative and its conversion to novel taxol® and taxotere® analogues

Apurba Datta, Jeffrey Aubé, Gunda I. Georg, Lester A. Mitscher, Lalith R. Jayasinghe

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Abstract

Treatment of 7,10-ditrocbaccatin III with potassium tert-butoxide resulted in the formation of a cyclic carbonate. Its taxol and taxotere analogues were found to possess good microtubule assembly properties but exhibited poor in vitro cytotoxicity against B16 melanoma cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1831-1834
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume4
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 11 1994

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