290347-52-3Relevant articles and documents
A Simple and Convenient Multigram Scale Synthesis of Hydroxyphenstatin: Potential Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitor
Radha, Pedamallu
, p. 3869 - 3873 (2003)
A simple and convenient two-step synthesis of hydroxyphenstatin (2) is reported by condensing 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid with pyrogallol and subsequent selective methylation with dimethyl sulphate in presence of potassium carbonate.
A Pinacol rearrangement/oxidation synthetic route to hydroxyphenstatin
Pettit,Lippert III,Herald
, p. 7438 - 7444 (2007/10/03)
In an attempt to develop biologically active compounds from the inactive trans isomer (3a) of stilbene 1a, after asymmetric dihydroxylation to optically pure (R,R)-diol 8 the unexpected racemic diphenylacetaldehyde (9) was generated via a Pinacol rearrangement. Several derivatives of diphenylacetaldehyde 9 were synthesized (11-15) and reported. Further reaction of aldehyde 9 during desilylation through autoxidative decarbonylation afforded benzophenone 2b, designated hydroxyphenstatin, a potent antitumor and antimitotic agent. Hydroxyphenstatin showed potent inhibition of the tubulin assembly (IC50 0.82 μM) and exhibited an ED50 of 2.5 μg/mL against the P388 lymphocytic leukemia cell line.