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Synthesis of a focused chemical library based on derivatives of embelin, a natural product with proapoptotic and anticancer properties
Viault, Guillaume,Gree, Danielle,Das, Saibal,Yadav, Jhillu Singh,Gree, Rene
experimental part, p. 1233 - 1241 (2011/04/17)
The synthesis of new derivatives of embelin, a natural inhibitor of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) is described. The design of these new molecules involved introduction of aromatic groups directly linked to the benzoquinone core. To allow a large flexibility in the nature and the length of the added chain, the strategy involves first aSuzuki-Miyaura reaction with functionalized aromatics, yielding a first generation of molecules. Then, by appropriate use of the functional groups, a second generation of representative embelin derivatives was prepared.
Synthesis of Grevillins, Novel Pyrandione Pigments of Fungi. Biogenetic Interrelationships between Grevillins, Pulvinic Acids, Terphenylquinones and Xylerythrins
Pattenden, Gerald,Pegg, Neil A.,Kenyon, Ronald W.
, p. 2363 - 2372 (2007/10/02)
A synthesis of the grevillin group of pyrandione pigments, e.g. 3, 23 and 24 present in fungi is described.The synthesis, which is based on a biogenetic model, uses bis-benzylacyloins 9 and their corresponding oxalate derivatives as key intermediates (Scheme 3).Treatment of the grevillins 25a-c with sodium ethoxide in ethanol effects their quantitative isomerisation into the corresponding terphenylquinone pigments 4a-c.Perkin-type condensations between the terphenylquinones 4 and arylacetic acids in the presence of sodium acetate-acetic anhydride then produces the xylerythrin pigments 29a-e, whereas rearrangements of 4 in the presence of dimethyl sulphoxide leads to pulvinic acid derivative, e.g. 31, 32 and 5.These synthetic studies interrelate the biosynthetic origins of the pigment types 3, 4, 5 and 8 together with the related pulvinones 6 and furanone 7 fungal pigments.
SYNTHESIS OF GREVILLINS AND THEIR BIOGENETIC INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH TERPHENYLQUINONES, XYLERYTHRINS AND PULVINIC ACIDS
Pattenden, Gerald,Pegg, Neil A.,Kenyon, Ronald W.
, p. 4749 - 4752 (2007/10/02)
A synthesis of the grevillin group , of pigments present in fungi, using benzylacyloins, viz (9), as key intermediates is described, and the biogenetic interrelationships between them and the terphenylquinone, xylerythrin and pulvinic acid families of natural colouring matter, are exemplified with the in vitro conversions (16)-(17), (17)-(20) and (17)-(22).
