Abstract
(Chemical Equation Presented) In this letter we describe an efficient synthesis of "psympederin", a hybrid between the novel antitumor natural product psymberin and the blister beetle toxin pederin. Evaluation of antiproliferative activity reveals that the dihydroisocoumarin fragment is important for psymberin toxicity and the cyclic pederate fragment is important for pederin/mycalamide toxicity. On the basis of preliminary results described herein, we speculate that, despite their structural resemblance, psymberin and pederin/mycalamide induce toxicity through different mechanisms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 227-230 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 18 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry