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Design and syntheses of putative bioactive taxanes
Nikolakakis, Anastasia,Wu, Jian Hui,Batist, Gerald,Sauriol, Francoise,Mamer, Orval,Zamir, Lolita O.
, p. 2387 - 2395 (2007/10/03)
Reduction of 5α-hydroxy-7β,9α,10β-triacetoxy-4(20), 11(12)-taxadien-13-one 1 with activated zinc in glacial acetic acid led to rearranged products, including compounds with double bonds at C3-C4, C10-C11 or with an epoxide at C11-C12. Molecular modeling studies suggested that addition of a side chain at C-20 or C-5 of the taxanes with a C3-C4 double bond might lead to bioactivity. Semi-syntheses and results of bioactivities are discussed.
