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higher potency than cisplatin. Surprisingly, analog 1,
with the 22-one (of OSW-1) being saturated into a CH2,
thus formation of the putative C22-oxocarbenium is
impossible, was slightly more potent than OSW-1
against the tested three cancer cell lines. While the 22-
OH analog 2 was less potent by 30-fold (for 7407 and
MCF-7) than 1. The full length of the cholestane side
chain was also not essential to the antitumor activity;
congener 3, with the two terminal methyl groups (of
OSW-1) being removed, was slightly more potent than
OSW-1. However, the shorter congener 4, with the ter-
minal iso-butyl group (of OSW-1) being removed, was
significantly less potent than OSW-1.
15. Kwon, Y.; Whang, K.; Park, Y.; Kim, K. Bioorg. Med.
Chem. 2003, 11, 1669.
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16. Analytical data for compounds 1–4. Compound 1: ½a
In summary, OSW-1 analogs (1–4) with modified side
chains on the steroidal skeleton were synthesized fol-
lowing modification of our previous procedure for the
total synthesis of OSW-1. Antitumor activity test of
these compounds demonstrated that the side chain of
OSW-1 tolerated certain modifications without affecting
apparently the significant antitumor potency of OSW-1.
Especially, the antitumor activity of OSW-1 was inde-
pendent of the 22-one function, which was previously
proposed to be crucial to the antitumor action of OSW-
1 saponins (and the cephalostatins).5
1
)17.2 (c 0.40, CH3OH); H NMR (300 MHz, C5D5N): d
8.28 (d, J ¼ 8:8 Hz, 2H), 7.04 (d, J ¼ 8:8 Hz, 2H), 6.54 (br
d, J ¼ 5:3 Hz, 1H), 6.21 (s, 1H), 6.15 (br s, 1H), 5.84 (t,
J ¼ 6:8 Hz, 1H), 5.67 (t-like, J ¼ 8:4, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 5.34 (br
d, J ¼ 3:9 Hz, 1H), 5.08 (d, J ¼ 8:0 Hz, 1H), 4.77 (s, 1H),
4.74 (d, J ¼ 7:1 Hz, 1H), 4.44 (br s, 1H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 2.57
(br d, J ¼ 6:6 Hz, 2H), 2.44 (m, 1H), 2.35 (q, J ¼ 6:9 Hz,
1H), 1.93 (s, 3H), 1.20 (d, J ¼ 6:8 Hz, 3H), 1.05 (s, 3H),
1.02 (s, 3H), 0.90 (d, J ¼ 6:5 Hz, 2H), 0.89 (d, J ¼ 6:3 Hz,
2H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, C5D5N): d 169.16, 165.51,
163.84, 141.97, 132.39, 121.22, 114.06, 103.51, 102.43,
87.95, 86.24, 80.70, 76.19, 75.11, 71.79, 71.32, 70.80, 68.49,
66.96, 66.19, 55.46, 50.48, 49.42, 47.11, 43.54, 40.49, 37.82,
36.91, 36.03, 35.67, 34.13, 33.25, 32.27, 28.26, 25.67, 23.07,
22.83, 21.02, 19.59, 14.33, 13.19; HRMS (MALDI) calcd
for C47H70O14Na (M+Naþ): 881.46654; found: 881.46578.
Acknowledgements
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Compound 2: ½a )13.6 (c 0.60, CH3OH); 1H NMR
(300 MHz, C5D5N): d 8.28 (dd, J ¼ 8:8, 1.4 Hz, 2H), 7.03
(dd, J ¼ 9:0, 1.4 Hz, 2H), 6.54 (br d, J ¼ 5:3 Hz, 1H), 6.21
(s, 1H), 6.25–6.05 (br s, 1H), 5.79 (t, J ¼ 7:9 Hz, 1H), 5.66
(t-like, J ¼ 7:6, 8.8 Hz, 1H), 5.34 (br d, J ¼ 3:9 Hz, 1H),
5.12 (d, J ¼ 7:7 Hz, 1H), 4.75 (d, J ¼ 6:5 Hz, 1H), 4.42 (br
s, 1H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 2.58 (br d, J ¼ 7:6 Hz, 2H), 2.45 (m,
1H), 2.35 (q, J ¼ 6:9 Hz, 1H), 1.92 (s, 3H), 1.33 (d,
J ¼ 7:0 Hz, 3H), 1.05 (br s, 6H), 0.95 (d, J ¼ 6:6 Hz, 3H),
0.89 (d, J ¼ 6:6 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, C5D5N): d
169.13, 165.46, 163.84, 141.97, 132.36, 121.19, 114.06,
103.24, 102.02, 88.77, 88.24, 80.50, 76.02, 74.99, 74.49,
71.80, 71.29, 70.70, 68.28, 66.81, 66.07, 55.44, 50.45, 48.92,
47.00, 43.51, 38.08, 37.78, 36.90, 36.18, 35.55, 34.07, 33.33,
32.60, 32.25, 28.64, 23.05, 22.86, 20.90, 19.59, 13.21, 8.50;
This work is supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (20372070, 20321202, and
29925203) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(KGCX2-SW-209).
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HRMS (MALDI) calcd for C47H70O15Na (M+Naþ):
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897.46125; found: 897.46070. Compound 3: ½a )38.6 (c
1
0.25, CH3OH); H NMR (300 MHz, C5D5N): d 8.31 (d,
J ¼ 8:8 Hz, 2H), 7.06 (d, J ¼ 8:8 Hz, 2H), 5.66 (t,
J ¼ 8:1 Hz, 1H), 5.50 (t-like, J ¼ 7:1, 6.6 Hz, 1H), 5.36
(d, J ¼ 4:1 Hz, 1H), 5.09 (d, J ¼ 7:4 Hz, 1H), 4.76 (s, 1H),
4.55 (d, J ¼ 5:8 Hz, 1H), 4.35 (br s, 1H), 4.32–4.06 (m,
6H), 3.72 (s, 3H), 3.12 (q, J ¼ 7:2 Hz, 1H), 2.59 (d,
J ¼ 7:4 Hz, 2H), 1.93 (s, 3H), 1.23 (d, J ¼ 7:1 Hz, 3H),
1.05 (s, 3H), 0.97 (s, 3H), 0.81 (d, J ¼ 7:3 Hz, 3H); 13C
NMR (75 MHz, C5D5N): d 218.68, 169.28, 165.43, 163.91,
141.94, 132.43, 121.08, 114.16, 103.75, 100.78, 88.54,
85.74, 81.18, 76.40, 75.16, 72.05, 71.30, 70.73, 67.10,
65.22, 55.52, 50.19, 48.54, 46.52, 42.95, 37.79, 36.88, 34.65,
32.74, 32.25, 29.99, 20.82, 19.61, 17.04, 13.66, 11.73;
HRMS (MALDI) calcd for C45H64O15Na (M+Naþ):
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867.41448; found: 867.41375. Compound 4: ½a )30.0 (c
1
0.30, CH3OH); H NMR (300 MHz, C5D5N): d 8.29 (d,
J ¼ 8:5 Hz, 2H), 7.03 (d, J ¼ 8:5 Hz, 2H), 5.67 (t,
J ¼ 8:4 Hz, 1H), 5.59 (t-like, J ¼ 8:2, 6.9 Hz, 1H), 5.36
(d, J ¼ 4:4 Hz, 1H), 5.11 (d, J ¼ 7:7 Hz, 1H), 4.64 (s, 1H),
4.59 (d, J ¼ 6:6 Hz, 1H), 4.42 (br s, 1H), 4.35–4.10