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Cyclopent[a]anthraquinones as DNA-intercalating agents with covalent bond formation potential: Synthesis and biological activity
Kim, Joong Young,Su, Tsann-Long,Chou, Ting-Chao,Koehler, Bernd,Scarborough, Alex,Ouerfelli, Ouathek,Watanabe, Kyoichi A.
, p. 2812 - 2818 (1996)
A series of mitomycin C (MMC) analogues, namely cyclopentanthraquinone derivatives, were synthesized via Diels-Alder cyclization of naphthoquinone with 1-vinylcyclopent-1-enes. These new compounds are planar structures, like MMC, and bear an aziridine rin
