Synthesis of racemic and chiral albicanol, albicanyl acetate and cyclozonarone: cytotoxic activity of ent-cyclozonarone

The total synthesis of racemic cyclozonarone ((±)-3) was achieved from E,E-farnesol (4) in an eight-step sequence in 6.6% overall yield. Albicanol ((±)-1) and its acetate ((±)-2) are intermediates. A similar sequence starting from natural (-)-drimenol (5) gave (+)-albicanol (1) and (+)-cyclozonarone (3) (42% and 11% yield, respectively). The cytotoxic activity of (+)-cyclozonarone was assayed and showed some selectivity towards MS-1 (mice endothelial cells).

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Main Authors: Delgado,Virginia, Armstrong,Veronica, Cortés,Manuel, Barrero,Alejandro F.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2008
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532008000700005
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